I asked ChatGPT what it thinks of my immigration idea. Small boats in the Channel are unsafe, chaotic & costly. What if instead of deterrence, we made crossings safe, legal & useful? Here’s the Channel Access & Work Pilot (CAWP) 🧵
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🚢 A weekly ferry from northern France to the UK. No smugglers, no dinghies. Places are capped, booked in advance, and fully security-checked before boarding.
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🛂 On arrival, every passenger gets a Channel Work Permit: 24 months’ leave + immediate right to work. No hotel limbo, no months of waiting.
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💼 Migrants are matched to UK regions that need workers: care, agriculture, hospitality, logistics. A job, ESOL support, and orientation from day 1.
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🏘 Host communities don’t carry the cost alone. Councils get direct funding per placement to support schools, GPs, housing & integration
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✈️ If it doesn’t work out? A free, dignified exit ticket + reintegration support. Migration isn’t one-way by default.
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💰 Funding is already there. Hotels for asylum seekers cost the UK ~£8m a day. Every 1,000 people diverted from hotels for 90 days saves ~£15m—money we can recycle into communities.
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🔐 Security first: pre-boarding biometrics, watchlist checks, joint UK–France vetting. No boarding without clearance.
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📊 Pilot numbers: start with 500 people/week. That’s ~26k/year—enough to cut small-boat crossings drastically if scaled.
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⚖️ This model is: • Orderly (capped & scheduled) • Humane (safe & legal) • Economically sane (workers, not hotel bills) • Politically realistic (built on UK–France treaty already in force).
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Instead of spending billions on deterrence that doesn’t deter, CAWP flips the script: safe ferries, real jobs, stronger communities.
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