'70% of the people coming off boats appear to be single men. Are they genuine asylum seekers or are they not? The feeling is they're not.' Ex-UK Border Force chief in Calais Kevin Saunders says Channel refugees are 'asylum shopping'. toryboypierce
Unprovoked, Mr Saunders began to break down the demographics of asylum seekers crossing the Channel.
"We see from the people coming off the boats that at least 70% of the people coming off the boats appear to be single men. Are they genuine asylum seekers or are they not? The feeling is they are not.""Very much so. That was very much my experience when I was working in France" the former Border Force chief stated.
He went on to make the case that Britain's generosity is a major pull factor for people in Calais, referencing the support for Ukrainians as an example. "The trouble is we can't keep accepting people who don't arrive here in the right and proper manner." "These people are not playing the game. they're destroying all their documents, we have no idea who they are. they're risking their lives, they're risking law enforcers lives, it's costing the Great British taxpayer £5 million a day in hotel rooms."
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