Re: Stopping the boats

Sn!pe wrote:
> 
> Citizen Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > It seems to the very naive me that if the French would just take them back
> > then the trafficking would stop in a heartbeat because there'd be no point
> > in it. Am I missing something?  Is this not being suggested anywhere
> > because the French don't want them back and we don't want to upset them?
> >
> 
> Heh, why would we not want to upset the cheese-eating surrender monkeys?
> Consider this:  they must hate the idea that even illegal immigrants are
> desperate to reach Dear Old Blighty rather than stay in La Belle France.
> 
> OTOH, from the French POV, if the illegals just bugger off, that's one
> less problem they have to deal with.  The Froggies are not well known
> for being hospitable to foreigners.

It pains me to say this about the French, but maybe they've got the right idea 
about the hospitably bit.