Lethal Fiasco

Some Iranians claiming asylum in the UK have already been refused it in France, BBC News (8 January). 50% are granted asylum here and another 25% get it on appeal. We weren't told if the remaining 25% were deported. Nor why the French hadn't deported failed asylum seekers. For the authorities, it's easy to do nothing. Presumably the TV Reporter assumed as much and didn't ask. While that News was being broadcast yet another teenager was being stabbed to death in London. Immigration has caused lawlessness (clearly condoned by authorities) as well as the Brexit fiasco. 40 years ago Mrs Thatcher promised to curb immigration. But she didn't keep her 1979 promise to stop foreign men using marriage to live in the UK. With the result that some 400,000 men and their children live here. Also, within weeks of being elected in May 1979 Mrs Thatcher allowed Vietnamese and Iranians to take up permanent settlement here. So they know that if they can't get away with living in France they can here. Which is strange, since the law is supposed to be international. And not applied differently in different countries.