> [..] Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. This seems obvious. The EU may be willing to accept absolutely anyb

> [..] Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. This seems obvious. The EU may be willing to accept absolutely anybody who shows up, but this is just basic border control. Just ask Germany how accepting over a million Syrian refugees without checks is going. That is an ongoing mess that gets very little publicity. > The British government has been condemned by charities, opposition lawmakers and France after its insistence that refugees first acquire a visa meant some Ukrainians have been stuck in the French city of Calais, unable to enter Britain, and provoking a diplomatic row. Interesting, because Calais has been an awful mess the French are still yet to deal with. It's not a sudden issue, it's an ongoing crisis. The EU rules are that they must apply for refugee status in the first safe EU Country, and the last time I checked, France does not border Ukraine. > Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Britain was not doing nearly enough. It should let refugees in and deal with the paperwork later, she said. Scotland gets very little immigration comparatively and ultimately doesn't have to deal with the enormous mess that large amounts of uncontrolled immigration creates.