Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@bowfinarse 1. I did not say that they *have* to settle in the first safe country. I wondered why they did not do so if they were primarily seeking asylum. 2. I did not say they came here to seek benefits. Try again. I also prefer my brother to you. — PolitiTweet.org

@Haggis_UK Christ where do you start? They dont have to settle in the first safe country (even though most do), & t… https://t.co/ngcCa…

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Why would that follow @yuvalmi? Once someone arrives here by this method, it is very dfficult to remove him. These decisions do not confirm that theoperson seeking to come to this country is in fact seeking asylum. Just that it cannot be proved he isn't. — PolitiTweet.org

@Haggis_UK 82% of applicants are granted, after appeals, asylum in the UK. So, they are not merely economic migrants.

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@film_quiz. I don't know about 'must', but it would make sense. If you wish to assert that someone is a refugee you cannot then insist that, once that person is safe from what he flees from, he has an unrestricted choice of which country he lives in. — PolitiTweet.org

@Haggis_UK It's a common argument that @ClarkeMicah makes, that anyone fleeing war or other oppression must settle… https://t.co/tUY7rJm9NG

Posted Dec. 5, 2022