[Margaret Pilkington]

Spot on Cashy.
This problem will not go away if countries take in these people....It will just encourage more to come.....it will just line the pockets of those criminals exploiting these people.

They need to be stopped from leaving their own lands..boats need to be turned back every time.....people disembarked and the junks holed and sent to the bottom.

I am sick of the bleating of bleeding heart liberals.
We cannot be the safe haven for the waifs and strays of the world...these children that look so pathetic now will look totally different in 18 years time when they are disaffected by not having a connection with their homeland, they will look different with an automatic rifle or a rucksack full of explosives on an underground train or a bus in one of our cities.