Originally Posted by dctyke
The way it's going we might as well take out the middle man and pick them up straight off the beach! Tactics at the moment are hardly going to dissuade anyone from coming over, a way has to be found to return them to the African coastline.
Interesting. I'm fairly sure that I once read that the responsibility of a ship rescuing people from the sea extends as far as dropping them at the nearest suitable port. Patrol close enough to the countries the refugees come from and all HMS B needs to do is drop them back at home. When enough people pay $1000 dollars and then appear back on the dock looking jolly miffed, the rest will start to have second thoughts before buying their ticket.