Criminal invaders, economic migrants and the very few genuine asylum seekers returning home, to any country?Pull the other one, it has bells on it.Though they might return for a holiday, to make sure any cash sent home, is invested as planned.Who would want to return to Syria where if you are lucky you might earn £200 a month. In the UK with social security and a lucky bit of ADHD for your pip payment you could be on £1600 or more plus a free house.It does not matter if you are ISIS or IRQC our courts are so stupid they let everyone stay, 30 year old men are only 13 or is it 15, 16 or 18. It does not mater let everyone stay.Sorry to rant.
Nick a) I bet you that he and his family use the ECHR to stay hereb) Deporting 1 or 2 folks oit of the 50,000 + here as asylum seekers ( number maybe more who have slipped through gaps) is not exactly tackling the issye in a meaningful way. I do however accept that acceptance rates on new claims are down from 98% to 10% which makes sense. Syill Id love to understand how those 10% got through and on what grounds?
NickJPs claim was about the kids of asylum seekers outperforming at GCSE. I challenged him and you to provide data on that. The data you provide also offers no evidence on that claim.tom
Tom you're right about Chinese and Indians but those aren't the only outperforming groups. Source: https://epi.org.uk/annual-report-2026/annual-report-ethnicity-2026/ There's enough data here for anyone to prove whatever they want, but see eg fig E7 showing that for 16-19yo educational attainment Black Africans outperform White Brits and the outperformance has grown since before the pandemic. Within the Black African category there aren't enough Eritreans for us to make reliable conclusions about that cohort.
On Syria - isn't our Government doing exactly what you ask? See eg https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/11/surgeon-faces-deportation-syria-uk-home-office-revokes-refugee-status-syrians
I dont think it insane. I have stocked up on candles, am replacing the wood burning stove so we can cook even if gas and electricity are off and I have about three weeks supply of tins and jars of pasta, lentils and home grown preserves just in case.I ponder getting an alternate source of power to keep the three freezers going
