@danwootton You must be pissed off with Nigel Farage for resigning as MP to hold an unnecessary by-election when he could be actively holding the government to account?
@JohnCleese You’re not stupid, John. 1/3 of asylum application are women and children. It’s also the case that men of the family tend to take the biggest risk in a dangerous route so family members can apply safely later.
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 If you have nothing to say on everything else, and share a cropped screenshot with omitted information and want that to be the result of the argument then so be it. You win x
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 Also I can’t believe I need to say this, but Third World is outdated and irrelevant Cold War language. Ireland is Third World… if you rely on AI to do your critical thinking you won’t get very far. It’s a scary time for education.
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 We are extremely fortunate by birthright that we don’t have to drop our lives and seek safety elsewhere. Not everyone is fleeing, but a large number of them are based on being granted Refugee status, especially after appeal.
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 It’s also worth pointing out that most families would select the man to take the largest risk rather than put their wives/children on a dangerous route. It’s easier to get safe legal admission for family members after being accepted as a Refugee (different from Asylum seeker) 2/
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 You are conflating different things. ‘Should’ and ‘must’ are not the same. Also AI overviews are famously unreliable - a FB post is as credible as a peer-reviewed study in the way it cites. 2/3 are adult males but 1/3 are women and children which is not insignificant. 1/
@obscura_stripe@inthecountry72@Jenny_1884 It’s not a legal requirement to stop in the first country you reach and vast majority do stop before reaching UK. If you had to flee and relocate somewhere, wouldn’t you pick somewhere where you have contacts/family?