Afghan migrant attempts to sail from Calais to the UK on makeshift raft

More in our ‘invasion of Europe’ series…..     A young man who will surely need some mental health counseling in whatever country eventually gets to keep him, was rescued by the Coast Guard after his bed-sheet raft drifted off course earlier this week. The story from the UK Daily Mail begins with this (Hat … Continue reading Afghan migrant attempts to sail from Calais to the UK on makeshift raft

Update from Calais (France): It is not the UK’s problem

Thanks again to ‘pungentpeppers’ here is an update from the stalemate in Calais where hundreds of Middle Easterners and Africans have congregated for months demanding they be let into the UK.  (See our previous Calais posts here). In a clear ploy to tug at heartstrings, The Independent begins and ends with sob-stories about the poor … Continue reading Update from Calais (France): It is not the UK’s problem

Calais Syrian stalemate continues as French and Brits trade barbs

It seems a French Member of the European Parliament said she believes that since the Syrians occupying the port of Calais want to go to the UK, they should be let in!   MEP Gerard Batten (Independence Party member) shot back with the truth one rarely hears regarding political asylum and why the Syrians want to … Continue reading Calais Syrian stalemate continues as French and Brits trade barbs