Mark Andrews on Asylum applications, Paul O'Grady, and rivers of blancmange.
Call me a cynic, but I'm not sure incompetence is the word. In fact, I suspect the very last thing the Government wants is for claims to be processed quickly and efficiently.
It can't be beyond the wit of man to set up offices in southern Europe, closer to the countries where refugees are likely to arrive from, where anyone seeking asylum in the UK can make their claim without going near the English Channel. The flip side of that would be that anyone entering by an unauthorised route would automatically have their claim rejected. There would be no legitimate reason for anyone to pass the official processing centres and head for Calais.
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