"Migrants Smuggled to UK for Just £100". Today's front page headline in the "Daily Mail".
My beef is not just with the criminality but with the word "migrant". This word gives them legitimacy. It implies they are going to stay and have a right to do so. That this word is wrongly used is shown by e.g. "Migrants returned to Turkey". For "migrant" read "people" (or "young men", which they usually are). Why come here, and not Russia or China? No ID cards, hard-working lawyers, the usefulness of the English language....
Wednesday 13 April 2016
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