In control but not in control

Yesterday, several boatloads of teens were either intercepted in the Channel or had landed in England.

In response, the Home Secretary tweeted that this needed to be got under control was complex and needed cooperation from The French.

The UK has left the EU, did that at the end of January, and if the Brexiteers were to be believed, the problem should now have been fixed.

There has been a lull for several months in those trying to cross the Channel, and travel in France was under strict lockdown regulations. Now those have been lifted, and there are light winds and slight seas, many are trying to cross.

Those who risk their lives and pay thousands of dollars to be brought over know nothing of this country, other than they believe it to be safe and peaceful. Little do they know that they, the immigrants, are blamed for most of society's ills.

The UK now has "control" over its borders, as it always did, but cannot enter French waters without permission, even to intercept migrants. Nor can we return them, unless the French accept them. Migrants is a huge political issue in France too, and in recent years there have been camps in Calais and along the coast. Currently, France is upholding its duties in relation to international treaties in stopping migrants from crossing wherever possible.

If the UK were to break and international treaty, say the WA in relation to the NI protocol, why shouldn't France just let them all cross. Or put them on a ferry and we can have camps in Kent, along with the 5 lorry parks. Isn't that taking control?

Or is that not the kind of control they wanted?

Sitting here on Saturday morning, we can hear the helicopters patrolling the coast, we live just a mile from the cliffs. Brexit was never going to stop immigration, or such crossings, and we need the cooperation of our neighbours to help stem the flow, like France.

No country is an island. Except in their heads.

It is just possible, Brexit and the Brexiteers will make it worse. Imagine that!