France’s migrant channel traffic - Is the EU knowingly letting in illegal migrants?

EU allows visa-free entry from 61 countries, knowing many thousands will abscond

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Latest EU report makes grim reading for Priti Patel’s plans to stem illegal channel crossings

On Wednesday (04 Aug 2021) the EU released its latest report on its ‘visa liberalisation programme’. The report includes the figures for the large number of entrants from some countries who abscond and never return home after the obligatory 90 days.

Facts4EU.Org has analysed this report, together with the latest data from the EU’s official statistics agency on the number of illegal foreign nationals the EU is aware of.

The citizens of 61 countries – almost one-third of all countries in the world – can enter the EU perfectly legally without a visa and stay for a period of 90 days. They have no need to cross in small inflatable boats nor to crawl under barbed wire at remote EU borders. Many never go home.

The United Kingdom is not on this list of 61 countries.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Total illegal foreign nationals present in EU: 557,455
Illegals from the 8 countries in EU’s latest report: 143,205

[Source: The EU’s official statistics agency, figures for 2020. These are only the numbers the EU is aware of and they do not include those who have slipped ‘under the radar’.]

EU's policy is to let in people from its ‘partnership’ countries - knows most will not go home

The report released by the EU Commission on Wednesday only focuses on the eight countries in the EU’s “Western Balkans” and “Eastern Partnership” arrangements: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Georgia; Moldova, and Ukraine.

These are all countries with which the EU has agreed ‘visa liberalisation’ arrangements in the last 10 years, some as recently as 2017.

Hundreds of thousands enter from very poor countries – how many only coming on holiday?

The EU’s report is careful not to give the numbers of people entering from the eight countries it reports on. However, Facts4EU.Org looked at the number who applied for “international protection” as soon as they got into the EU. Naturally this will only be a proportion of the total number entering because many will avoid any contact with the authorities whatsoever.

The proportion not applying is likely to be very high, given that they know their chances of being accepted are only between 5-10%. Nevertheless, even the numbers making applications are still high. In Albania’s case, almost 7,000 applied in 2020, and only 5.3% were accepted.

To give some idea of the scale of the problem, 23,235 Albanians were issued with return decisions by the EU in 2020. Naturally most have never abided by these decisions.

Observations

With no disrespect to the peoples in the EU’s latest report, they come from relatively poor countries. There can surely be no question that the EU Commission knows full well that the large numbers taking advantage of its ‘visa liberalisation’ programme are entering the EU with no intention of leaving after the obligatory 90 days.

We must also ask the question: are all these people seriously entering the EU for a holiday? Even if we were to accept that hundreds of thousands of people from these poor countries were only coming for that reason, who can afford a 90-day holiday? Right now, most British people would happily settle for just one week in the Mediterranean sun.

So why is the EU allowing this? – The United Kingdom factor

It is important to note that the eight countries in the EU’s report on Wednesday are all countries which the EU wishes to draw into its empire, and that five out of the eight already have official candidate or potential candidate status.

Offering ‘visa liberalisation’ is just one of the sweeteners that the EU has in its armoury. With the departure of its second-largest member, the United Kingdom, the EU is very keen to purge that loss by adding new members.

It matters not that the combined effect of all eight countries joining the EU would still not make up for the EU’s massive economic loss as a result of the United Kingdom leaving. The EU will spin every new member as an increase from ‘the EU27’ to ‘the EU29’, ‘EU31’, etc.

Allowing in thousands of people, some of whom will make their way to Calais and board rubber dinghies to the UK, is a small price to pay for the Commission’s territorial and ideological ambitions.

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Reader Comments 6

1. Brian, near Telford , Saturday, August 07, 2021, 09:54:

Very interesting take on a very current news story. It's not rocket science to see that if you allow people from poor countries to enter the EU temporarily without a visa, a lot of them will not go home. Well done for highlighting these countries who the EU want to get into their club and the way they've bribed them with zero visa travel. I suppose it's too much to hope that the Home Office know how many of these people have made it across the channel?

2. Do You Wonder , Saturday, August 07, 2021, 11:07:

2 Points.
I wonder how the native workforce in the EU will look at this when there wages go down, as happened in the UK? A shot in the foot?
The walls are certainly going up?
The EU gave €35m for the Lithuanian wall. Do You Wonder if this idea is a bit dumb?
If UK’s £192 million given to France, to stop illegal immigration across 21 miles of gale ridden seas, since 2014 doesn’t work, how do they think a £35m land wall is going to succeed? Oh – yeh -Ok…………...…..
Did the EU donate the €35m from the UK money that was given to France to keep illegals out?
Chicken coming home to roost?

3. Steve Jackson , Sunday, August 08, 2021, 06:01:

EU only wants to water down each nation to the point they can justify saying each nation does not truly exist. Merkel and Macron already asked which country is still true a couple of years ago. Disgrace not a single member state voted for this to happen, total abuse of power. Sooner they are gone the better for all of us.

4. Reuban Mayne , Sunday, August 08, 2021, 06:33:

Of course it is and it is a mistake to imagine that it is happening by chance. It is all part of the destruction of national identity encompassing the destruction of our social, political and economic cultural identity. And, with the exception of Hungary, the political leaders are actively facilitating this tragic catastrophe.

5. W. Alkaway UK , Monday, August 09, 2021, 06:30:

All part of the Great Reset . Remember a Treaty signed by Theresa May in Morocco? No borders. Accept all immigrants. Our own Prime Minister shows every sign of following the 'Elite' Agenda. Do you really believe Pritti Patel is working towards controlling or even expelling criminal immigrants? What's her success rate? It is all a show to keep us hoping and trusting; while the chainsaw gang just carry on. Nothing is as it should be. Our Democracy is under the greatest threat ever. The only answer is to push back, like the French people and the Americans.

6. Diane , Monday, August 09, 2021, 12:12:

Let’s face it, it’s a free for all with lots of talk, little action and in reality, open borders virtually everywhere. Out of date & inadequate laws and antagonism at every opportunity from unelected bodies increasingly seen when any sensible proposals are made. We’ve seen ‘golden passports’ and liberalised borders in the past and it’s still the case. Only a few years ago, an EU candidate country opened up visas to Iran ‘to boost tourism’ Well, a lot of those tourists never went back according to subsequent observations by airlines & others. That arrangement was later knocked on the head. We see now the situation, one might call it political weaponry, taking place between Lithuania and Belarus. Lithuania has made some sensible suggestions to the EU Commission, including putting pressure on migrants’ countries of origin & barriers. It remains to be seen what might be done, if anything, but there will be no EU money for a wall it seems! Meanwhile we hear of pushbacks and mistreatment of people in Europe’s own detention centres. Closer to home we’ll continue to see no doubt the constant influx as ineffective controls on movement across Europe continue. Apparently the French authorities have been unable to use drones due to privacy laws ( See dronedj.com re Franco UK plan for police drones against illegal channel crossings ......) and can’t stop the boatloads once in their waters, unless they are asked for help - again due to a current law. Meanwhile we struggle here, Kent's facilities & services will have to expand presumably & emergency actions to house these people through councils which have in some cases not been notified in advance, will no doubt continue. For an example of that search StaffordshireLive + Burton.

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