The Way to Beat the Boats.

I have a way of beating the boats. An idea that allows the EHCR to do it's thing, but with modifications to existing legislation.

First of all, let me say the EHCR can stay and the UK will support those identified as refugees. 

However, legislation needs to be modified as to what constitutes a refugee. There should be no presumption on the status either way of a person arriving on the shores of the South coast. The EHCR should only come into force when the identity, statehood and status of a person has been properly identified.

Any person arriving on these shores without a passport should not be afforded the protections of the EHCR. By destroying any documentation they had they have arrived at the UK with a malicious intent. That should be the UK's stance at the outset.

People that arrive with documentation should be afforded a higher status because it costs us less and takes less time to identify a person and confirm their status either as a refugee or not. Passports by definition normally request the protection of the bearer by the host country. That's a legal contract. Those without any identification should have no legal status on the shores of the UK. They should be bussed to the airport and returned back to France.

Those with identifiable malicious intent (destroying ID) should be immediately returned from whence they came.  No protection, no identifiable status, in fact their actions stem from a need to not clarify their status, to abuse any process the UK has. As I said, malicious.

That's the way you deal with unidentified individuals. 

The argument being that without ID there is no way to immediately assess their status. They cannot be granted refugee status without knowing where they come from. A deliberate attempt to obfuscate their identity and therefore their status should be classed as malicious and indeed an illegal act.

There should be no automatic or inferred status as a refugee as determined by UN, EU, UK or any other legislative body.