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UK attacks EU double standards on migrants (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I mean they're not really wrong. If the UK can't refuse migrants arriving by boat on the basis of them coming from France, which is a safe country, then it stands to reason that Ireland can't refuse ones coming from the UK. Thinking one of those is fine but the other isn't is certainly hypocritical.

That said, I do find the political football of boat crossings to be quite tedious. They make up a tiny portion of immigration into the UK, yet it's all the government and media seem to talk about.

[-] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What happens if Ireland grants them asylum? Can't they just use the CTA go go back to Britain then, should they so choose? Or do they have to become citizens first?

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That only applies for citizens. However, I don't know how policed that actually is.

And of course there's nothing at all they can do about them going to NI since you can just walk right over the border.

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