IN THE

media coverage of the mass illegal migration from France to Britain, a lot of reports seem to be based on a total misunderstanding of what is going on. When British vessels pick up these illegal migrants from boats supplied for their use by gangsters, they are not ‘rescuing’ them. They are helping them to make an unlawful entry into this country. This is exactly what the gangsters intend, and we do what they want us to do.

The word ‘rescue’ should be reserved for people who, through no fault of their own, have got into difficulties at sea, thanks to unforeseeable events such as storm or wreck or collision. Such people do not mind in the slightest where they are brought to land, as all they seek is safety.

People who deliberately set out into congested, deep water in boats unfit for that purpose, and who would angrily object if they were taken back to their point of origin, have not been ‘rescued’ when they are helped to arrive in Britain.

I have no doubt that what I have written here will be distorted and misquoted, by the way. But I thought it was necessary to say it.

Incidentally, apart from these migrants, is anyone else fleeing France at the moment? I would be interested to know who they are and what their grievances are.