Memo to the media:
Stop letting politicians get away with calling asylum seekers "illegal immigrants" or saying they're not coming to this country "the right way." Seeking asylum is legal. Presenting themselves at the border & requesting asylum is "the right way" to seek asylum.
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However crossing the English channel is Dangerous, charging people £1000s for a filmy boat, helps smugglers make money from peoples desperation is a multitude of things.
We need to make it easier and safer for people to at least present their claim, so perhaps in France, and take it from there.
Open more consulate offices, so there is no need to pay gangs to smuggle people with very little (if any) regard for their life once payment is received.
@zleap Anybody can since the 60ies in all embassies all over the world. Where there is no US/other embassy there are 3rd parties deputizing.