Immigration or humanitarian crisis?

[DimPrawn]

I was on me way to Tescos yesterday a.m., passing the Methodist church. A well dressed black family were walking towards the entrance and I heard the conversation 'Um bongo, Umbongo. Daktari, Songs of Praise, umbongo Songs of Praise'

In 2013, after UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom made remarks about "Bongo Bongo Land", the Um Bongo website received a surge in traffic, despite the company stating that they had no political affiliations....

Now I'm going to have to buy some Um Bongo and post a my lunch thread.

[EternalOptimist]

In 2013, after UK Independence Party MEP Godfrey Bloom made remarks about "Bongo Bongo Land", the Um Bongo website received a surge in traffic, despite the company stating that they had no political affiliations....

Now I'm going to have to buy some Um Bongo and post a my lunch thread.

Well I am not sure what language they were speaking, but the songs of praise, came through a couple of times. It just struck me as a nice little vignette

[northernladuk]

John Gaunt should be invited to join CUK 'Coventry is a city of all colours and faiths!' - readers react to Jon Gaunt's refugee comments - Coventry Telegraph

I started a gig on Coventry awhile ago and after the first walk around I asked which supplier were they using for the staff, guy says what do you mean? I said Cognizant? Infosys? he said we don't and looked completely bemused. Penny dropped and I quickly changed the subject

[stek]

I am saying that they should arm themselves and fight for the freedom of the country against an oppressive regime.

Good job you were not around in 1939 or we would all be speaking Russian.

FTFY....

[LondonManc]

note the vast majority of comments are agreeing with his rather tasteless but basically right comments

There's usually some self-righteous young student called Pepper, Molly or something that recoils in horror at such comments, no doubt trying hard as possible to be left-wing enough for her media career.

[original PM]

interesting -

if a dog or other animal you have never met before comes up to you the chances are you may will give it a quick rub behind the ears

if a human you have never met before comes up to you there is a good chance you will recoil from the encounter

mainly because experience tells us that until you get to know a human being you can pretty much count them as untrustworthy and out to shaft you.

[darmstadt]

No, cross a border illegally. That's the point that was raised - that they're breaking the law. You're clouding the issue. They don't all cross in the manner you described.

Not necessarily according to Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention:

"The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence. (Article 31, (1))

Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1951_Refugee_Convention

[meridian]

Not necessarily according to Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention:



Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1951_Refugee_Convention

Yes, and it's this bit that they seem to be ignoring, which therefore means that it is illegal entry:

provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence.

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[original PM]

Yes, and it's this bit that they seem to be ignoring, which therefore means that it is illegal entry:

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And in the case of those in Hungary not just not doing it but actively fighting against doing it.

In fact some of them went on hunger strike so they were obviously really in need of assistance.

It is the flagrant, calculated breaking of the law which is starting to grind on people.

They seem to think that as they have the numbers they can dictate the policies - can see why many countries would be wary of that....

[FatLazyContractor]

The question is, will all those migrants who walked along the motorway be tried for breaking laws of the land?