CHANNEL DEATH IS DOWN TO THE FRENCH, NOT THE UK.

I am sick to death of hearing about the hordes of migrants attempting to gain entry into the UK from assorted places in France. The latest news, a hard luck story about a teenager whose body has been found on a French beach, has been reported by the media as if our government has almost total responsibility for both the death and the boy's supposed plight, without any reference to the responsibilities of the French, the boy's own country and all of the places through which he must have passed on his way to the English Channel. 

Am I being hard hearted and uncaring ? No way ! On his journey across Europe, this boy had opportunities galore to ask for asylum in umpteen countries, and yet he failed to do so. Once in France, he became their responsibility but that country basically ignored him and left him to continue his attempt to get to the UK, wholly illegally. Under international law, the boy had no right to request asylum anywhere other than in the first 'safe' country to which his flight took him; having arrived in France, it was the responsibility of the French government to look after him, accommodate him and provide him with sanctuary. But of course, they did not, seeing a far better option of letting him try to reach the UK, where he would be a drain on our resources rather than theirs.

That the boy has died is sad, even tragic for his family, but it is nothing whatsoever to do with this country or its government. He had no right to come here and the responsibility for his death lies fairly and squarely on the shoulders of the French. Why oh why does our media insist on using such stories as nothing but a cudgel with which to beat OUR government ? The answer to that question is, of course, obvious.

Our leftie-liberal media hates the "evil Tories" and will do anything, use anything to try to denigrate them. Surely it is time that our government fought back and made clear that all migrants intercepted trying to cross the channel will be returned to France, irrespective of age, sex, colour, nationality or any other damned characteristic that might be used to justify their attempt to enter the UK. 

Britain is far more crowded than France and is, to all intents and purposes, full. The NO ENTRY signs should be put up and rigorously policed.