Well, effectively it is, because that’s what we have. It might be policy to wish it were otherwise, because government can’t think of a nice way of stopping it. If we were in a tank with water levels… (View Post)

In any case, I think the ‘roughly the same’ that Bondegezou points to might be a little misleading. This goes back again to the old chestnut about immigrants we wants (students from New Zealand/docto… (View Post)

Why should refugee status (and indeed ILR status) not be contingent on obeying the law? (View Post)

The Somali community in SS have, as you said, been there since the 19th Century, and have had several generations to adjust to British culture. Those arriving now from Somalia, less so. (View Post)

I don't think there is much opposition to deporting foreign-born criminals, nor of barring entry to criminals from abroad. The question always comes up when something like this happens: why was … (View Post)