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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: SqueakyVoice on April 05, 2023, 07:43:35 PM

Title: Stop the Boats...
Post by: SqueakyVoice on April 05, 2023, 07:43:35 PM
... use a barge instead.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/05/asylum-seekers-to-be-housed-on-dorset-barge-home-office-confirms
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... if the barge is filled, it will accommodate less than 1% of the approximately 51,000 refugees currently in hotels...
I don't know,  but I think somehow, the Tories, might...might not have thought this through...?
Title: Re: Stop the Boats...
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 05, 2023, 07:49:28 PM
... use a barge instead.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/05/asylum-seekers-to-be-housed-on-dorset-barge-home-office-confirms I don't know,  but I think somehow, the Tories, might...might not have thought this through...?
It's to get headlines. To appear tough.
Title: Re: Stop the Boats...
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 06, 2023, 04:19:36 PM
On the subject of boats


https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/warning-ukrainian-refugees-edinburgh-cruise-26544777.amp