Quote Originally Posted by WBA123 View Post

And also, you're talking about 'illegal'. Do you think people who risk their lives in dangerous dinghies on choppy waters in November care about if they do something that is legal or not? Politicians, such as Johnson and Patel, see this issue as a vote winner for them. And here we are.
They do risk their lives in many cases that is true. I also agree that the right sort of immigration has bought big benefits to this country.

Why though do the vast majority who take these dinghies travel from different continents crossing perfectly safe and respectable countries where they can also claim asylum such as Austria, Germany, France and Italy (to name a few) only to put their lives at such risk on a very dangerous stretch of water?

There lies a big part of the problem for many.