A hostile act by a putative ally. But what will Boris Johnson do? Nothing, other than likely put up the new arrivals in five-star hotels again. Question them about their sentiments regarding jihad and Sharia? Don’t be “Islamophobic”! Celebrate diversity!
“Incredible pictures show packed migrant boat dwarfed by cross-Channel ferry as dozens more refugees arrive on UK’s shores and Britain becomes ‘a laughing stock to the rest of Europe,'” by Jack Wright, MailOnline, July 22, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A tiny inflatable dinghy packed with migrants was seen arriving in British waters today – as a legal cross-channel ferry waited in the background.
It came as a baby was seen among people being brought onto land by officials after journeying across the seas.
French warships escorted the blow-up vessels here before dumping them on Border Force – despite authorities in France being paid £54million to stop illegal Channel crossings from their coast – as ‘stretched’ officials in Dover struggle to contain the spiralling fiasco.
Ship-tracking website MarineTraffic appears to show a number of Border Force vessels approaching French waters so they can escort the small boats over to Dover Marina in Kent, where migrants including small children were seen disembarking as early as 9am today.
Tony Smith, former director-general of Border Force, said that France is ‘more than happy’ to pocket £54million to patrol its own coast but is unwilling to actually intercept illegal Channel crossings because its own public will not accept high levels of illegal migrants at home.
Pierre-Henri Dumont, the MP for Calais, confirmed that ships will not intercept the boats, but will instead let them sail into British territorial waters – because it is apparently no their job to prevent passage under maritime – and said they would only be approached if they asked for help.
Hotels in Britain are being booked up to house illegal migrants, meaning that UK citizens looking to get married or take a holiday currently there could struggle to secure spaces. One bride and groom – Claire Chapman, 42, and Anthony Osborne, 41 – even found that their wedding reception in Kingston Lodge Hotel in south-west London was cancelled so the venue could put up migrants.
It is yet another blow to Home Secretary Priti Patel, whose ‘ridiculous’ multi-million-pound deal with France has sparked a Tory backlash. Furious MPs sitting on the Commons Home Affairs Committee yesterday told her to get tough with French authorities ‘fobbing her off with excuses’.
Mr Smith told the Telegraph last night: ‘The French are more than happy to take money to invest in border security in their own territory but taking action in the actual Channel seems to be a step too far for them. Politically, stopping people in the Channel and returning them to France might be a hard issue for them to sell to the French public.’
The Calais MP: ‘If they are small boats trying to cross the sea and [migrants] are not asking for help, we are not supposed to intervene. It is not forbidden for people to be at sea. We have no legal basis to intervene when they are in French waters at sea.’
Former minister Tim Loughton said the Government is being ‘fobbed off’ by the French authorities over the migrant crisis and said lawyers believe France could stop migrant boats on the water and take them back.
He also told the Home Affairs Committee Border Force could return them to France if they gained permission and said this was because the migrants had broken the law by paying money to gangs to get to Britain as well as illegal entry.
Mr Loughton accused the Home Secretary of throwing ‘good money over bad’ and of allowing France to ‘make a mockery’ of international law, obliging them to intercept boats and return them to French territory if they have launched from France.
Speaking to MailOnline, Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: ‘It really is absurd to pay the French to do something they should be doing, and ultimately to little effect. It is their responsibility to control their coastline. Their demand for payment to carry out their responsibilities is a disgrace.
‘Perhaps we should insist on a contribution from them to run our Border Force. They are having a laugh.’…
mortimer says
UK … a nuclear power … cannot defend its own borders!
James Lincoln says
mortimer,
If the Royal Navy cannot stop these muslim migrants, they are worthless…
gravenimage says
James, I don’t think it is that the Royal Navy cannot stop these migrants, but that they are not being allowed to.
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
You are, of course, correct.
What I meant was this:
What’s the point of having a Royal Navy – if it’s not being used by the UK government to stop a sea-based invasion?
gravenimage says
Absolutely agree, James.
Infidel says
Is it still? I was under the impression that they disbanded their armed forces since the 1990s
gravenimage says
It just seems that way…
Check Burry says
UK gave france £millions of fencing, to cage em in around the Calais jungle, did it work, Non.
We have now given then 54£mill, will that work, Im very sceptical, and thats being generous.
Great Britain, not so much, Brittania rules the waves, not any more folks.
OLD GUY says
Neither can America.
Eva says
The french have never been our allies. They have however, always been a liability.
That’s why I’d blow that Chunnel up. This country has always had one major advantage, it’s an island. Why take that advantage away?
This is probably in retaliation for Brexit. We voted to stop their gravy train and take back our right to rule ourselves, and europe hates it.
Frankly, it’s time to put our navy out there, and put a full stop to the migrant boats, and anyone who is helping them get here.
Lavéritétriomphera says
« The french have never been our allies. They have however, always been a liability. » (?)
Right back at you!
C’est de la politique.
Au revoir
gravenimage says
Lavéritétriomphera. I do not agree that France has never been our ally. That being said, *surely* you are not in favor of France using *warships* to offload illegal aliens on an ally? This is hardly the behavior of a friend.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Bonjour gravenimage,
As formulated in the text you’re right, but it just deserves an attentive and second reading. It will not be the first time the English do a bad move.
It’s possible that we pay them back in their own coin.
Amitiés
gravenimage says
Lavéritétriomphera–with all resepect–how is taking British money to keep illegal aliens from using France to invade Britian and then instead using your warships to escort then to Britain some sort of revenge? And for what–thinking that France will keep her word?
I think that Britain and France should *both* work against the Muslim invasion, instead of as you advocate enabling this invasion of Britain. Do you *really* think that having a Britain overrun by Muslim invaders is somehow good for France? Even if you care nothing for the English, this should be alarming.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Bonjour gravenimage,
Again, you are right on the substance of the issue, but I am not sure Great Britain is innocent in this affair. The British have the distressing habit of relying on someone, in this particular case EU.
Amitiés
gravenimage says
Lavéritétriomphera, are you saying that the British are actually paying the French to bring in illegal aliens? Or do you mean something else?
Lavéritétriomphera says
Bonjour Gravenimage,
« are you saying that the British are actually paying the French to bring in illegal aliens? Or do you mean something else? »
I don’t know the true story, but I think we haven’t an unanimous view on the management of migration flows in Europe.
I believe Great Britain is accused to leave us in the lurch.
Brits must be in trouble to take their finger out.
Amitiés
RichardL says
the French are always there when they need you. Otherwise they are spineless losers.
Lavéritétriomphera says
@Richardl,
Read a history book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQtJpXUSHJs.
gravenimage says
Really, the British and French should stand together here. Muslims would be thrilled to think that Britain and France would be at each other’s throats now.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Bien à toi Gravenimage,
Don’t worry England is our son, we always reconciled against all odds, we need them and they need us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCDgLC1DV3o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57J_IFzFmYk.
Amitiés
gravenimage says
Lavéritétriomphera, I’m not sure that calling England your “colony” is particularly useful–nor has this really been the case for a thousand years. As I said, both nations should stand together against the Jihad invasion, which threatens them *both*.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Salut Gravenimage,
Where would England and USA be without France?
USA’s civilisation is mainly a fusion of the English and French cultures (I heard – but as far I am concerned we need to verify that).
In the Middle Ages French culture has been imported in massive doses in Great Britain.
That means these countries are linked by history and have no alternative but to work together.
I went to England more than once and I love it.
Amitiés
Infidel says
Once the chunnel was built, I don’t get why maritime crossings b/w France and England are legal
gravenimage says
Infidel, not all travel from Britain to France comes through the “Chunnel”. For one thing, the “Chunnel” only handles a single multi-lane road and some high-speed trains–just a fraction of the traffic between France and Britain.
Besides, a lot of illegal aliens hitch rides on trucks and even private vehicles using the “Chunnel”–your idea that this is not the case is mistaken.
“Channel Tunnel: ‘2,000 migrants’ tried to enter”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33689473
I’m sure the actual number is much higher. It has become very hazardous for drivers using the “Chunnel”–especially for truckers.
Mano says
And the UK has always supported Turkey and radical Islamists. Besides the Boris is a Turko
Check Burry says
Hi Eva
This bit of info may spoil your day, but despite all claims we have ;eft and can spend money here, for some daft reasons the UK will still be sending £billions to the eu till 2064. Get on this site, Brexit watch, you will be shocked at what goes on still with the eu
Check Burry says
Eva
the site for brexit watch is
media@globalBritain.co.uk
gravenimage says
Nuts, Check–but this does not really surprise me.
Infidel says
The French notwithstanding, the millions of Pakis and Bangladeshis in your country are courtesy your leaders – both Labour and Tory! Heck, even Nigel Farage is unwilling to concede that the muslim denizens of the UK are a menace: only people you have screaming that are Anne Marie Waters and Tommy Robinson
It’s fine to blame the French, but by still indulging the Pakis, you’re not doing yourselves any favors either
gravenimage says
France is certainly not Britian’s only problem–but this sure as hell does not help.
Ecosse1314 says
Just a wee aside to this conversation. Scotland was allied with France for nigh on 400 years.. It is referred to as the”auld alliance”
The terms of the alliance seemed to be if England attacked France then Scotland would attack England. If England attacked Scotland then the French would do eff all.
Only joking (maybe)
gravenimage says
Yes, Ecosse–and I know that your username is the French name for Scotland.
But this from France helps neither England nor Scotland.
owensgate says
Four or Five Star Hotels? Do they get room service too? Why can’t they just pitch tents on the sidewalk in Piccadilly? That’s good enough for L.A. and Seattle, should be good enough for the UK. BTW, since when is an escorted “Invasion” not an act of War?
gravenimage says
“Free hotels for the Calais stowaways in soft touch Britain: Outrage as immigrants illegally entering UK get cooked meals and £35 cash a week within days of arrival ”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182519/Welcome-soft-touch-UK-Outrage-immigrants-illegally-entering-UK-free-hotel-rooms-cooked-meals-35-cash-week-days-arrival.html
Check Burry says
Hi GI
I have difficulty reading these reports, blood pressure up, no end in sight to this bad policy, bad handling of it.
gravenimage says
I know how you feel, Check.
Check Burry says
Yes I ask why they only had jungle to live in whilst in France, if they are refugees now, they were refugees whilst in france, so why no 4star hotels provided, I ask mr president makaroon.
Hank says
Just by plain observation one must conclude that the EU, Canada, Australia, etc., is undergoing an Islamization project being pushed by Leftist logic towards the brink. By that time the naïve leaders who caused it will have private-jetted it out leaving mainstream, non-Islamic good folks embroiled in a civil war for survival.
This could all be avoided if politicians just did their normal, mandated daily duties of protecting their borders and citizens and expelling the Islamic Migration Jihad back to Arabia.
Eleanor says
Exactly Hank. I don’t have any proof but I would bet my life on it, that most of the top UK politicians have “bolt-holes” in other ‘safe’ countries. And yes, when the brown stuff hits the fan, which it might, as you say they will be like rats leaving a sinking ship. The future looks very bad for the UK. They only need the Muslim population to become say, 40%, for it to become the Islamic Republic of Great Britain. There won’t be any UK as there won’t be any Kingdom.
PRCS says
“and expelling the Islamic Migration Jihad back to Arabia”
Ain’t gonna happen—here in the United States.
A Muslim born or Naturalized here isn’t going to be deported based upon their beliefs.
The one aspect of this invasion which MUST be publicly acknowledged is that Islam (a totalitarian theocracy) is antithetical to and incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and the laws which flow from it.
Until that is done–unequivocally–Muslims will continue to weave Islamic law into our system of secular man-made laws and to–ultimately–achieve the goal of replacing our system of governance with theirs.
The recent case of this Texas judge’s decision demonstrates how important that is:
Texas Judge Says Muslim Woman Can’t Get Divorce According to U.S. Law, Has to Abide by Islamic Law
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/07/texas-judge-says-muslim-woman-cant-get-divorce-according-to-u-s-law-has-to-abide-by-islamic-law
gravenimage says
French warships escort Muslim migrants to British shores
……………
France has done this before–and, again, Boris Johnson will likely do and say nothing.
Hank says
You mean like when the French accommodated the then Ayatollah Khomeini living in Paris – and escorted him to Iran effectively sabotaging secular Iran. Someone told me that secular Iran at the time was known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East”. Even today Leftist France refuses to learn from their own experience with Islamization and the suffering they expose other nations to by toying around with Islam.
gravenimage says
France has made some real mistakes, but to be fair, few thought much about Islam in 1979. And Air France rented the Ayatolloh a plane and pilot–it was not official French policy escorting him back to Iran.
Check Burry says
He is nowhere near as good as many thought.
tim gallagher says
In Australia,when Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of a Labor Government, (around 2007) opened the door to invading illegals, the country was invaded by huge numbers for a while. The solution out here, once a sensible Liberal Government gained power, was that they sent the illegals to Christmas Island, and then sent a lot of the invaders back to the mostly Muslim countries they came from. The invaders were often from Muslim Middle east countries who paid to get to Muslim Indonesia and then paid people smugglers there to take them to Australia. This tactic worked and the illegal invaders largely stopped coming. On Peta Credlin’s program on Sky News the other night, a panelist, either Cory Bernardi or James Morrow, suggested that the UK government might be able to tell these migrants that they are not staying in the UK and, if they have an island somewhere off the coast (I think they said maybe Sark, not sure if I heard that right) then send these Muslim invaders there and then send them back to where they came from. It is so idiotic to keep accepting these Muslim invaders. Talk about destroying your society. The UK probably don’t have an island where they can detain these illegals, but this did work in Australia and the invasion by illegals did stop..
overman says
Tim, didn’t these refugees sue the australian government and get millions of dollars.
gravenimage says
Then there is this:
“Priti Patel defends paying French £54m more to halt migrants crossing Channel”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/priti-patel-defends-paying-french-54m-more-to-halt-migrants-crossing-channel-tx98hgl3p
Doesn’t look as though Britain is getting their money’s worth…
Infidel says
Where’s Admiral Horatio Nelson when you need him? Oh, I forgot, he’s already been canceled by the Ummah Kaliphate’s woke crowds
Check Burry says
Ive not seen/heard blm types going radiorental over all the BLACK christians murdered in Nigeria, by black muslims, over 2000 so far.
Come on blm shout about that, not what some guy did 250 years ago, if you wanna take out statues around uk universities, dont forget to take out the Uni. buildings these same guys paid for.
gravenimage says
Disgustingly the Guardian has *openly advocated* tearing his statue down.
Eleanor says
I actually believe Boris is paying France £54M not to stop the illegals crossing the channel, but conversely, to assist the illegals by escorting them half way, for the British Border Force to pick up. Please subscribe to and support “Xx T W xX” on Youtube, as she is doing an excellent job in reporting on, and recording, this invasion in Dover. The Government and the Port Authorities do not like this at all, and she has had a Court summons to stop videoing this catastrope, but she keeps going. Thanks everyone.
Check Burry says
Hi Eleanor
No doubt the dork who runs, owns youtube will stop her posting such stuff. She needs to be made aware of a site which Pam Geller has moved to, GETTR.
The port scumbags know we are watching them, as they have fenced the place off. No filming eh, did they get that policy from little kim?