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[OngBonga]

Pretty sure there's no legal requirement for asylum seekers to fill in paperwork before they enter a country. Could be wrong though.

Well I don't know about this, but they generally need to do more than turn up at ports undocumented.

Offering people a free ferry ride is pretty dangerous I guess yeah. Good point.

Wait, you mean just go and pick everyone up from Calais? Blimey. I thought you meant escort them in, pick them up off the boats. My apologies. I didn't realise you were actually talking about just going to Calais and saying "who wants a free ferry ride to the UK?"

[Poopadoop]

Wait, you mean just go and pick everyone up from Calais? Blimey. I thought you meant escort them in, pick them up off the boats. My apologies. I didn't realise you were actually talking about just going to Calais and saying "who wants a free ferry ride to the UK?"

If they're seeking asylum in the UK, yes, I'm saying we should do this. It would stop the human trafficking and be a lot safer for them than coming over in dinghies.

You OTOH, seem to want them all to somehow find their way to Paris to fill in the paperwork that our own gov't website says they should fill in when they arrive in the UK, which afaik is in accordance with international law on dealing with asylum seekers.

[Poopadoop]

Here's the ukgov website on asylum applications. It's pretty clear you should apply when you enter the UK, not before. Nothing in there about filling in forms or showing your paperwork at any time before you get here.

https://www.gov.uk/claim-asylum

Your solution seems to make it harder for them to get to the UK and seek asylum by adding in more hoops to jump through (get to Paris, fill in an application, provide documents, etc.). Pretty sure that's both illegal and not going to help stop human trafficking.