> I put it in quotes because these people aren't interested in following the standard asylum seeking procedures So it's illegal immigrants you're talking about

> I put it in quotes because these people aren't interested in following the standard asylum seeking procedures So it's illegal immigrants you're talking about, rather than asylum seekers? > Not many governments in the world will tolerate illegal immigration. On the surface that's a reasonable position. After all, surely if they tolerated it then they'd be legal immigrants. But tolerate is a simple word for a complex situation. There's a difference between how much a government talks about immigration and how much they're willing to spend to stop it (and willing to spend to fix any negative knock-on effects either from reduced migration or blunt-instrument policies).