Why Aren’t Illegal Immigrants Arriving On Small Boats Arrested?

[Hymie]

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly clearly states in this youtube video that coming on a small boat is illegal, but cannot explain why they are not arrested as soon as they set foot off the boat.

Answers on a postcard, please.

[Hopkirk]

Having arrested them, what do you suggest is done next?

[Gromit]

Arrest them for not drowning.

[Hymie]

As they have broken the law – maybe we could deport them.

[jourdain2]

The O.P. is quite correct. Entering on a small boat without permission or permits is illegal and a criminal offence. So, yes, all of these people are criminals.
Some may have a good case for their actions and be genuine, desperate asylum-seekers - but it stretches the imagination to believe that they are seeking asylum from France. I know the language is tricky and the shopping hours also tricky and all sorts of things are difficult - but they aren't at risk of torture or sudden death. So, I would think that the genuine need to reach the UK is applicable to very few.
Another 'so' - logically we should be arresting, trying and imprisoning all these people - but there are too many of them.
As Hopkirk says, then what? We could fingerprint, electronically tag them and let them go. Ideally they would be moved to comfortable 'prison camps' and then sent back to where they came from unless that is a genuinely dangerous country. Other options ???
It'll need a big postcard.

[Hopkirk]

We can't deport them to France, they won't take them.

How about Rwanda?

[Gromit]

Daily, we are seeing these car crash interviews.
Ministers are coming on telly very ill prepared, and just make stuff up on the spot, that isn’t true.
It doesn’t look good - they are either stupid, or shifty.
I’m sure the apologist we be on here in numbers tomorrow, defending this pathetic performance.

[New Judge]

//...maybe we could deport them.//

Firstly, where to?

Secondly, you perhaps haven't been keeping up with the legal challenges migrants launch against their removal, have you?

[New Judge]

And I almost forgot:

Thirdly, why do you insist on posting these YouTube clips. Why don't you simply explain your argument?

[david small]

Intern them in prison camps with very basic conditions maybe?

[Hopkirk]

How long for, David?

[royfromaus]

Where do you live, Hymie?

[barry1010]

As soon as they claim asylum the situation changes and procedures have to be adhered to.

[Hymie]

I blame James Cleverly’s ministerial assistants for this – has none of them pointed out to him that he is too stupid to appear on a TV programme?

[Hymie]

royfromaus - Where do you live, Hymie? – if you had read a few of my AB posts you would quickly conclude that I’m in the UK.

[gulliver1]

How about rounding them up and putting them on a ship to Australia to join the £10 Pommies

[douglas9401]

Are they fingerprinted on arrival and if not, why not?

[Tilly2]

If anyone has a misnomer, it's James Cleverly.

[jno]

the Australians don't take them any more, gulliver (though royfromaus might take in a few). They only started taking them in once the penal colonies in America rebelled and pulled out of the deal. But Britain struggles to cope when it hasn't got penal colonies; hence Rwanda is next.

[10ClarionSt]

As I've said before, there is no deterrent that prevents them wanting to come here. Why don't they go to Russia? China? India? Azerbaijan? They are wealthy countries aren't they? What is a strong deterrent, I hear you say? Well, when they land here, they will get nothing. Absolutely nothing. Put in an open holding camp until they beg to leave and go back to Europe. We need a deterrent. Another strong deterrent is to shoot the boats up. Just blow 'em out of the water. I think the word might get round pretty quick, don't you?

[jno]

India wealthy, Clarion? GDP per head below $2000 and you're not allowed to eat beef

https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-per-capita/