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The Dangers of Using Language to Deter Refugees From Entering the UK
There is a risk of Islamist fundamentalist terrorists using the refugee flow to gain access to Western economies and Western societies but in many ways these are not serious threats. The vast majority of terrorist threats in the UK have been through home-grown terrorists rather than asylum seekers or bogus asylum seekers coming into the country. It's really really dangerous if you use the Royal Navy or military force to intercept boats it looks like you're portraying it as a naval invasion whereas actually it's a group of young men and young usually young children who are on inflatable rubber dinghies trying to cross the Dover Straits.
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