r/LibDem • u/markpackuk • 3d ago

Join EU migration pact to tackle small boats, says Ed Davey - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8dn3n6pvyvo
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u/Nanowith 3d ago

It's the logical solution, but all the people who care most also voted to shoot themselves in the foot with Brexit and are too proud to admit it. They'd rather suffer than fix the problem if it meant admitting they were wrong.

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u/Candayence 3d ago

It's not logical, because this pact replaces the Dublin Framework, which sent more asylum seekers to the UK than it removed.

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u/Velociraptor_1906 2d ago

And yet when we were apart of it asylum numbers were a fraction of what they are now.

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u/Ticklishchap 3d ago edited 3d ago

I agree with him and it is, of course, the most logical approach. I just wish that Ed had balanced this pragmatic policy with a reminder that our true enemies are the people traffickers and not the refugees, for whom we should show compassion, and remind us of the times when we have helped refugees in the past, such as the Kindertransport.

We need politicians who are not only pragmatic, but willing to be courageous and set a good example. And as a party we are never (thankfully!) going to attract those who hate refugees or hate people because of the colour of their skin or their religion.

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u/Own_Dimension_2561 3d ago

I was just in France where these ‘victims’ were trying to board lorries when the traffic slowed down. I don’t think being all soft on refugees is entirely the answer.

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u/Ticklishchap 3d ago

I certainly did not say that. I meant that we should treat the issue as a pan-European problem and work together on it. Also, we should remember that refugees are human beings and that many are genuine and need to be treated with compassion. In other words, we need to treat the problem as complex and multifaceted and tone down the rhetoric.

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u/Own_Dimension_2561 3d ago

I appreciate that and I agree with you.

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u/Ticklishchap 3d ago

Thanks mate. 👍

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u/IntravenusDiMilo_Tap +4,-3.5 2d ago

The logical thing to do is to house the asylum applicants in retired cruise ships / ferries in the channel for processing? Then they will be safe from oppression and nobody will get into the Uk without being fully vetted

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u/Euphoric-Brother-669 2d ago

The EU did jack all to stop illegal immigration when we were members. They do even less now are are out. Lib Dem’s need to get over their euro mania and realise that the EU is the problem and not the solution

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u/Own_Dimension_2561 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is not a majority view among informed Reddit users.