Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 04/08/20265/13 Those questions are rarely about immigration policy itself. They are about how the state exercises power. Was force necessary? Was rescue prioritised? Was the operation properly planned? Was there an independent investigation afterwards? 1154
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 04/08/20266/13 There is another aspect that receives almost no attention. The English Channel is not an isolated operational area. It is one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, with hundreds of merchant ships transiting every day. #MerchantNavy 2164
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 04/08/20267/13 Every one of those merchant ships is commanded by a Master with independent legal obligations under SOLAS, UNCLOS and the Search and Rescue Convention. If people enter the water, those obligations do not disappear because the incident began as border enforcement. #SOLAS #UNCLOS 1153
Millie A @millieanderson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“It is one of the busiest commercial waterways in the world, with hundreds of merchant ships transiting every day” Hmmmm. Perhaps a toll could be introduced? 🤣🤣🤣 000
