>> #260: If an immigrant turns up without any paperwork as seems to be the latest ploy, would we not be better off detaining them outside the mainland until such time as they prove who they are, where they are from and their reason for seeking to live in the UK. There is no need to treat them inhumanely but we need some kind of plan to contain the problem and to deter economic immigrants coming here...

That is the policy adopted by Australia:

www.telegraph.co.uk/11554161/australia-migrant-policy

More discussion on migrants and immigration here:

www.community.ebay.com.au/refugees-asylum-seekers-1847290

www.community.ebay.com/24458295/refugee-crisis