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Obviously there needs to be safe routes for asylum seekers to prevent any more deaths in the channel. If only the idiots hadn't voted for Brexit none of this would be a problem
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You couldn`t make it up..............................
"BBC Verify has found more than 1,500 grocery and convenience stores, 150 taxi operators, 100 barber shops, and dozens of car washes and vape shops are still on the register and able to sponsor people to apply for visas."
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"BBC Verify has found more than 1,500 grocery and convenience stores, 150 taxi operators, 100 barber shops, and dozens of car washes and vape shops are still on the register and able to sponsor people to apply for visas."
Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes
The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
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I saw this when scrolling at breakfast, wondered how long it would take you to post itYou couldn`t make it up..............................
"BBC Verify has found more than 1,500 grocery and convenience stores, 150 taxi operators, 100 barber shops, and dozens of car washes and vape shops are still on the register and able to sponsor people to apply for visas."
Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes
The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
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I saw this when scrolling at breakfast, wondered how long it would take you to post it
I get up early.... ish....
Either way it is "one of those things" that makes you roll your eyes and think "WTF?"
At least the rules were tightened from the useless scheme in place when the useless Tories were in power.I get up early.... ish....
Either way it is "one of those things" that makes you roll your eyes and think "WTF?"
You know...the ones YOU voted for
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Jesus! Is there no end to the crap Tory legislation, rules and regulations etc that Labour has to correct? No wonder a Parliament term is for 5 years.You couldn`t make it up..............................
"BBC Verify has found more than 1,500 grocery and convenience stores, 150 taxi operators, 100 barber shops, and dozens of car washes and vape shops are still on the register and able to sponsor people to apply for visas."
Car washes and vape shops can still sponsor skilled foreign workers despite visa changes
The rules were tightened in July 2025 to restrict the scheme mostly to graduate-level employees who would be earning at least £41,700.
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Footnote - it hasn`t been "corrected" in fact........... "BBC Verify found 60 businesses on the register that had been fined for employing illegal workers between April 2024 and December 2025. They had been fined a combined £2.5m"
You know that government with a massive majority that promised "change" and are still, seemingly, blaming the previous government more than 2 years later.....
You had 14 years and you royally fucked it up. Gonna take a bit longer to clear up the almighty mess you made.Footnote - it hasn`t been "corrected" in fact........... "BBC Verify found 60 businesses on the register that had been fined for employing illegal workers between April 2024 and December 2025. They had been fined a combined £2.5m"
You know that government with a massive majority that promised "change" and are still, seemingly, blaming the previous government more than 2 years later.....
At least it's going in the right direction.
Which it never did prior to July 2024
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Labour's managed it in 2 years .You had 14 years and you royally fucked it up. Gonna take a bit longer to clear up the almighty mess you made.
At least it's going in the right direction.
Which it never did prior to July 2024
Managed what John. To reduce immigration from over 900,000 a year to less than 150,000 a year?
By jove, you're right, John
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You mean these figures..................?Managed what John. To reduce immigration from over 900,000 a year to less than 150,000 a year?
By jove, you're right, John
Where the article also says..............
"Thursday's data showed a 49% fall in immigration for work and a decrease of 17% in those seeking to study. The number of dependents from both categories also dropped sharply.
In 2023, the Conservative government raised the minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers and made it harder for workers and students to bring their families with them."
Blaming the Tories cuts both ways...............
You mean...the problem they created in the first place?You mean these figures..................?
Where the article also says..............
"Thursday's data showed a 49% fall in immigration for work and a decrease of 17% in those seeking to study. The number of dependents from both categories also dropped sharply.
In 2023, the Conservative government raised the minimum salary threshold for foreign skilled workers and made it harder for workers and students to bring their families with them."
Blaming the Tories cuts both ways...............
Started a bin fire.
Poured petrol on it.
Sprinkled it with water.
Shrugged shoulders.
Fucked off (or were booted out, more accurately).
Cuts both ways might be close to appropriate, had they not created the massive problem to begin with.
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Yes homosexuality is banned in Iran. If a gay person choose to go there and get persecuted that is their fault likewise going to places like China and campaigning for democracy. Their fault and they should get no help. Following the law in a country you visit no matter how unpalletable it is is just sensible.
I am liberal but being liberal isn't the same as being excused from consequences.
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According to recent Home Office figures, 13,007 arrivals have been recorded this year. This is 45% lower than the number recorded by this time last year and down 18% on the same period in 2024.
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Yeah Burnham, you've had three whole weeks to get this sorted, what the hell are you doing?
Can we blame the weather . . .
Or something . . .
Maybe it's too hot for them to make the crossing . . . yeah, go with that. That sounds plausible
Also loving the frequent arguments on social meeja where people are trying to claim that the number of crossings are down, but the boats are much bigger, so the actual number of people coming over is still higher
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Statistical snippets.............. source, published Thursday, 28 May, 2026: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10590/
Arrivals fell in 2023, before rising again to around 41,000 in 2025.
According to the Home Office, 39,000 individuals crossed the English Channel in small boats in the year ending March 2026.
This figure represents a slight decrease from 41,000 arrivals in 2025 but remains significantly higher than pre-2020 levels
The weather remains our best defence.................as we seem averse to trying anything else.
Not many women and children on the mega boat today. 230 more potentially violent sexual predators imported to the country.
Maybe a few Iranian agents too.
Maybe a few Iranian agents too.
LOL!
Like they'd bother to come over on a dinghy
How many adult men entered the UK legally yesterday?
Are they all potentially violent sexual predators too
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Reform politicians is how they're usually referred to
That or fully paid up Russian Agents
Just today's example - albeit he came in on the back of a lorry, not a boat:
www.bbc.co.uk
Apparently you're a paid Russian agent if this bothers you. The British thing to do is to grin and bear it.
Asylum seeker who groomed and raped girl, 13, jailed
Abdul Khan attacked the girl at a nature reserve after pretending to be 14 on Snapchat.
www.bbc.co.uk
Apparently you're a paid Russian agent if this bothers you. The British thing to do is to grin and bear it.
And apparently, you're a rapist and/or Iranian agent if you arrive in the UK on a rubber boatJust today's example - albeit he came in on the back of a lorry, not a boat:
Asylum seeker who groomed and raped girl, 13, jailed
Abdul Khan attacked the girl at a nature reserve after pretending to be 14 on Snapchat.
Apparently you're a paid Russian agent if this bothers you. The British thing to do is to grin and bear it.
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And apparently, you're a rapist and/or Iranian agent if you arrive in the UK on a rubber boat
If you continue to allow in tens of thousands of illegal young men who are from a very different culture it is likely you will import a large number of men with a dim view of women and their rights.
Illegal Migrant Who Dragged Woman from York Nightclub to Rape Her Faces Years Behind Bars
A failed asylum seeker who entered the UK illegally has admitted dragging a lone woman from a York nightclub and raping her in an alleyway.
www.lawyer-monthly.com
Three men guilty of 'callous' Brighton beach rape
The men, who are all asylum seekers, had denied targeting the woman in the early hours of October 4.
www.bbc.co.uk
Asylum seeker jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Oxford
A judge tells Amin Abedi Mofrad he exploited his victim's vulnerability during the attack in Oxford.
www.bbc.co.uk
Afghan asylum seeker guilty of raping girl, 12, in Nuneaton
The 12-year-old suffered "extremely horrific sexual offences" in the Nuneaton attack, police say.
www.bbc.co.uk
As a bonus one of the Brighton rapists was a convicted murderer in Egypt.
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All doctors & engineers seeking a better life of course...................
Stop noticing! There's no link!If you continue to allow in tens of thousands of illegal young men who are from a very different culture it is likely you will import a large number of men with a dim view of women and their rights.
Illegal Migrant Who Dragged Woman from York Nightclub to Rape Her Faces Years Behind Bars
A failed asylum seeker who entered the UK illegally has admitted dragging a lone woman from a York nightclub and raping her in an alleyway.www.lawyer-monthly.com
Three men guilty of 'callous' Brighton beach rape
The men, who are all asylum seekers, had denied targeting the woman in the early hours of October 4.
Asylum seeker jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Oxford
A judge tells Amin Abedi Mofrad he exploited his victim's vulnerability during the attack in Oxford.
Afghan asylum seeker guilty of raping girl, 12, in Nuneaton
The 12-year-old suffered "extremely horrific sexual offences" in the Nuneaton attack, police say.
As a bonus one of the Brighton rapists was a convicted murderer in Egypt.
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All doctors & engineers seeking a better life of course...................
Russian agent behaviour.
Please remind us how we've ended up having tens of thousands of asylum seekers rocking up in rubber boats?If you continue to allow in tens of thousands of illegal young men who are from a very different culture it is likely you will import a large number of men with a dim view of women and their rights.
Illegal Migrant Who Dragged Woman from York Nightclub to Rape Her Faces Years Behind Bars
A failed asylum seeker who entered the UK illegally has admitted dragging a lone woman from a York nightclub and raping her in an alleyway.www.lawyer-monthly.com
Three men guilty of 'callous' Brighton beach rape
The men, who are all asylum seekers, had denied targeting the woman in the early hours of October 4.
Asylum seeker jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Oxford
A judge tells Amin Abedi Mofrad he exploited his victim's vulnerability during the attack in Oxford.
Afghan asylum seeker guilty of raping girl, 12, in Nuneaton
The 12-year-old suffered "extremely horrific sexual offences" in the Nuneaton attack, police say.
As a bonus one of the Brighton rapists was a convicted murderer in Egypt.
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All doctors & engineers seeking a better life of course...................
That's right . . . it's the two things you've given repeated and vociferous support to ever since this forum has been in existence.
The Tories and Brexit
Well done
Not really your proudest moment, is it?
Nobody thinks they are all Doctors and Engineers - It's just another lazy right wing trope and I thought you might be a a bit more savvy than that
(I'm sure you know exactly what it is really)Nobody is excusing the criminal actions of a minuscule number of those who arrive by these means.
Nobody thinks people arriving by these means is OK, either.
It's a shame that the same level of shock isn't leveled against ALL such crimes which are equally repugnant, regardless of what the perpetrator looks like, or where they come from. Why is that, I wonder?