69 immigrants attempt to enter Lowestoft
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Charlie Boy
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I think they may find that they were attempting to escape from Lowestoft.
Tomahawk
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80 migrants died off the African coast trying to get to the Canaries.
This will continue for as long as people accommodate arriving migrants.
This will continue for as long as people accommodate arriving migrants.
johnalison
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It will continue so long as civil war, oppression and famine exist.
Concerto
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There must have been forward warning from Belgium Customs as it would be most unlikely for 69 people to board a fishing vessel in a dock to get onboard unnoticed.
Seeing the port on the stern of Charlestown, I decided to see if she was a British boat. Well it shows as for sale in Riga, Latvia.
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Look at the estimated running costs, especially the imsurance cost compared to the crew wages.
Seeing the port on the stern of Charlestown, I decided to see if she was a British boat. Well it shows as for sale in Riga, Latvia.
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Look at the estimated running costs, especially the imsurance cost compared to the crew wages.
Easticks28
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Former fishing cutter for sale in Riga for a realistic price. Currently used for passenger transport.
WF36
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My ex UK Border Force friend did suggest that the hardest part now is returning them.
DavidofMersea
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I don't see why. The Home Secretary said ""We are unapologetically returning migrants"
Poignard
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Did she? And how, in practical terms, was she proposing to do that?
DavidofMersea
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Put them on a plane to Albania
CLB
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Looks like their panned worked almost 100%. In fact it worked better than expected, as they landed in Harwich rather than Lowestoft
Poignard
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I have never been to Albania, so I cannot speak with absolute authority, but I would imagine that even as insignificant a sovereign state as Albania possesses the means to prevent unauthorised landings on its airfields
DavidofMersea
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They are Albanian nationals
Poignard
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So I believe, (all except one I understand), but if an unscheduled plane load of impoverished, desperate and probably handcuffed, individuals claiming to be British but having no documentation to prove it, accompanied by foreign uniformed security force personnel, attempted to land at Heathrow, I would be surprised if our authorities allowed it.
As always with suggestions such as yours, they fall at the first hurdle: practicality.
Slowboat35
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Fill the tanks with diesel and send it back whence it came. It got here, it'll get back.
How flippin hard is that?
Poignard
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Very hard.
We have something in this country called "the law" and, like it or like it not, and inconvenient as it may sometimes be, it is likely to be invoked to prevent people being loaded onto boats against their will and sent where they don't want to go.
As always with suggestions such as yours, they fall at the first hurdle: practicality.
Tomahawk
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Is there cvil war in Albania?
Ianqv
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As well as benefits and 4 star hotels!
LONG_KEELER
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But are you willing to house some of them in your house indefinitely ?
Billy no mates.
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No, Albania is a nice place, i live next door to it and visit often, cheap but work prospects are slim.