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Pondering whether to make a serious point related to Tommy Robinson or just to sneer that it's good riddance to foul garbage... OK here we go.
1. Doesn't take a genius, but no, Tommy Robinson is not a refugee or asylum seeker EVEN IF he has indeed been persecuted in the UK
1. Doesn't take a genius, but no, Tommy Robinson is not a refugee or asylum seeker EVEN IF he has indeed been persecuted in the UK
He would have had to show the British state was unable or unwilling to protect him from persecution. As a matter of law no EU state would accept that were the case about the UK.
2. More to the point, he doesn't need to claim asylum. Spain has taken a sensible approach to Brexit
2. More to the point, he doesn't need to claim asylum. Spain has taken a sensible approach to Brexit
Spain has introduced a declaratory settled status system for the many British immigrants who call that country home: they are automatically granted permanent residence and can register for their paperwork as and when needed.
This is far better than the UK approach because....
This is far better than the UK approach because....
There is no arbitrary deadline beyond-which anybody who has failed to apply to secure their status suddenly becomes undocumented over night.
That's what we are doing. It's unfathomably stupid.
Oh, and good riddance to foul garbage re: Tommy Robinson.
That's what we are doing. It's unfathomably stupid.
Oh, and good riddance to foul garbage re: Tommy Robinson.
