I was born and bred in Kent, and trust me, I'm old, but I'd disagree with your comment, purely because a refugee has NEVER affected my life in any way shape or form, and I'd struggle to believe it has yours.
My biggest bug was operation stack, and if you know Kent as well has you claim, you will know, this shhite all occurred once they completed the Hollingbourne to Charing link. It never should have been allowed to stack, and they should have just wacked it into a field, like they will do eventually anyway, after causing nigh on 30 years of misery for eveyone, including the truckers, with the damn thing.
Refugee's and asylum seekers, feature no where near the same concern. Why, because they don't affect you or me directly. Unless I'm missing something and you lived in Dover or Folkestone during those two decades. Don't need an answer to that btw.