If you see someone trying to do this - you didn't.
You will never be rewarded for selling out other humans but they will almost certainly be punished.
So the border police claim to have found the stowaway and then went 'that's not my problem'?
And then "punish" the motorhome owners for negligence. No negligence fines for the Border Force missing then and/or inquiry about straight up lying about finding the stowaway later on?
lol, you couldn't make it up. Surely there's a police report stating that the couple phoned it in and is in black and white.
All this policy will do is encourage people not to report stowaways. Totally bonkers.
Bizarre that the article doesn't address the reasons why the boy wanted to come to the UK. As per usual.
Because that's not the focus of the article, it's specifically about the policy of fining people who report stowaways.
Because that's not the focus of the article
They went to the trouble of explaining the age of the boy and where he was from and by your logic those bits of information aren't the focus of the article either.
You're just guessing, you don't know. We can all make guesses.
Why is it relevant to the article about why he came here? The point of the article is that people were fined for reporting him, highlighting the ridiculous policy.
Why is it relevant to the article about where he came from?
It's not, they could have left it out and it wouldn't have changed anything.
they could have left it out and it wouldn't have changed anything
LOL, it would have changed the article.
Why? The article is about the couple being fined for finding the stowaway after they left the port, the gender, age and reason the stowaway came to the UK is irrelevant to that.
The article is about the couple being fined for finding the stowaway after they left the port, the gender, age and reason the stowaway came to the UK is irrelevant to that.
Why do you believe the gender and age were included in the article?
What would it have changed about it if they weren't included and it just said "an immigrant"?
You didn't answer my question.
Honestly, no idea. To me it's irrelevant to the story of the couple and the policy. It doesn't matter if they were a man or a woman, young or old. It's also irrelevant what their height and weight are, their favourite food or sports are.
Now you answer my question.
To me it's irrelevant
I think that's the crux of the issue. You've conflated your interests and the author's purposes.
The only issue here is that you're upset the author hasn't mentioned why the immigrant entered the country even though that's not the point of the article. You're the one with the issue.
Now answer my question.
That's some major bullshit right there. Utter idiocy issuing them with a fine.
Oh no, JD Vance is going to use this in his next speech to promote European fascism.
Enquiring minds need to know, was the stowaway called Gary?
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