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"they have not passed the tests in the system, itself created by a democratically elected government."
Excellent, I'm glad to hear that anything our government does is right and fine. So tomorrow, if they implement a highly graduated tax system and undo all privatisation in health, education, transport and utilities, we'll both be happy.
"many of your attitudes would be different if a close friend/relative fell victim to a crime committed by an individual with no legal right to be here in this country."
Right, so if a close friend/relative fell victim to a crime committed by a black person, I have a right to be a racist. If it were by a gay man, I have a right be homophobic. If a young person, ageist. Yep, sounds like a fair system to me. If someone was fleeing because they refused to give their children up for Female Genital Mutilation, or someone was fleeing because their gay partner was executed, or a family were fleeing because they had spoken out against a particular regime, then oh well, not our problem.