To tar these people as if they are criminals. They may obtain a visa to visit family, they may even be studying here when their country has a change of regime / civil war or some other circumstance making return dangerous The small boats is just a focal device for the RW to abuse
Thanks Phill that’s quite enlightening. I’m not keen to tar them, quite the opposite in fact.
No worries its often case people try and paint asylum seekers as 'illegal' when there is no such thing, asylum is a legal process in itself. Farage types will go there next if their 'small boats action' gains traction