"We should always have room for refugees (although not a limitless number). But we see (comparatively) few. David Cameron arranged to take refugees directly from camps in Northern Africa, thus discouraging the dangerous crossing of the Med.
The 'refugees' gathered in Calais would not be refugees if they come to UK, as they are not under threat from France.
The open door policy of Angela Merckel has made the situation worse than it previously was."

You do realise that you are talking about real, live, vulnerable human beings, people the same as you and me but a damn sight less lucky, do you, Nigel? People escaping from countries that we have either ruthlessly exploited in the past and left impoverished, people from countries that our foreign policy has completely screwed up, or both?