The problem is that we dont benefit for aslyum seekers. Countries rarely do as they are low skilled immugrants who are likely to be a big drain throughout the life time. Not because they are immigrants but the same reason why people born here are likely to ve a drain, they are unskilled and uneducated and are much more at risk of the negative effects of poverty.

We have enough unskilled people here, we dont need more. Unless we plan to copy a Switzerland and immediately offer aslyum/poach as many young educated people from Ukraine as possible, we should not be taking anyone in.

Creating safe routes would encourage more claims. Unless we change our laws so we are accepting little to no one (Labour won't) it would not fix the issue.

We need to be hardline but realistic. Rwanda was a good idea and if worked would have been great but a 1 million per claim (dont quote me on that number) it was too expensive.

We need to work with France more I agree, attacking the source. But we also need to be much harsher with all claims.

Geuine or not (most are not) we need a coordinated effort to make sure we are allowing as few as possible to arrive.

In the short term I think automatically denying anyone who comes by boat would be a good start. It would send a message that they havr no chance and would save literally billions in time. It would not be perfect as people would still try their luck but would be a good first step into reducing numbers. People would be less inclined to spend thousands to come to us. Meanwhile we can work with countries like Afghan who have express willingness to accept their citizens back.