Refugees have a genuine need

The comparison of the reception of Channel boat people, and that of Ukraine refugees, is absurd.

It is very noticeable that a majority of the former are young men, clearly seeking to better their economic position, while the latter are, thanks to a ban on men leaving, women and children, fleeing bombs and missiles. How can it be right to allow economic migrants to avoid all effective checks when arriving, while at the same time placing obstacles in the way of those in immediate fear for their lives?

Those who prefer to sanction illegal immigration by those who, even according to the EU, should seek asylum in the first EU country in which they arrive, are displaying double standards. Any who prefer to approve blatant law breaking over the need to provide refuge to a people in fear of Putin’s thugs are utterly deplorable.

Those from the Third World who would like to move to the West represent a bottomless pit, while the people of Ukraine wish only to go back home, once the Russian fascists are gone.

The bureaucrats of the Home Office are proving once again that their organisation is not fit for purpose. The Prime Minister broke the law, has been fined, and paid up, in accordance with that law, which is how our legal system operates. That those who hate him because of his political stance on such matters as Brexit, and the trans issue, demand his resignation based on their supposed respect for the law, yet very many of the same people condone the continued breach of our laws by illegal immigration. Colin Bullen