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Ontheedgeofit · 2025-07-05T04:48:03+00:00

Non resident UK citizen here who has a genuine question. [[https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLsBb5Xscjg/?igsh=MXE1OHM4NTJoeGtkcg%3D%3D https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLsBb5Xscjg/?igsh=MXE1OHM4NTJoeGtkcg==]] Why do these people risk the sea crossing to the UK. Why don’t they stay on mainland Europe. What makes this worth the extra risk?

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/07/2025 08:24

Here we go again 🙄

WhenYouSayNothingAtAll · 05/07/2025 08:19

The roads are paved with gold.

Kimwestonhelpless · 05/07/2025 07:42

WhereIsMyLight · 05/07/2025 06:57

Well, at least we have a thread where the Daily Mail readers can out themselves.

And the comments section on those types of articles aren't that different from BNP literature from the 90s , in fact some Daily Mail headlines aren't that different from BNP literature.

Sirzy · 05/07/2025 07:17

What we need is a proper system whereby these people can apply for asylum without having to be in the country first. The current system is what is making people take such risks and is feeding the people traffickers.

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Ontheedgeofit · 05/07/2025 07:17

nellly · 05/07/2025 07:15

i struggle to understand it as well.
i can’t imagine risking my own or my child’s life. I 100% understand fleeing war/persecution/famine etc but not fleeing France where they could apply for asylum

Are they fleeing France? Was the UK always their intended destination? I’m just trying to make sense of the additional risk of the channel crossing.

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nellly · 05/07/2025 07:15

i struggle to understand it as well.
i can’t imagine risking my own or my child’s life. I 100% understand fleeing war/persecution/famine etc but not fleeing France where they could apply for asylum

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Ontheedgeofit · 05/07/2025 07:15

Sirzy · 05/07/2025 07:14

Because they are desperate.

Because the UK treat them better than France?
Why are the French stopping them from leaving?

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Sirzy · 05/07/2025 07:14

Because they are desperate.

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Ontheedgeofit · 05/07/2025 07:13

Ponoka7 · 05/07/2025 06:10

You need to Google your questions. There's lots of reports, which include interviews with the migrants.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/france-britain-hope-migrant-taxi-boat-plan-will-slow-record-channel-crossings-2025-07-04/

Usually these people are asylum seekers, not migrants, so come under the 1951 refugee and immigration law that European countries are bound by. Look up the conditions of the camps in France and how they are treated, including children.

So the French want them to stay so that they can treat them badly?

Google won’t answer these questions?

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WhereIsMyLight · 05/07/2025 06:57

Well, at least we have a thread where the Daily Mail readers can out themselves.

September20233 · 05/07/2025 06:54

If i knew i will be housed in a hotel i would come too

Ponoka7 · 05/07/2025 06:10

You need to Google your questions. There's lots of reports, which include interviews with the migrants.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/france-britain-hope-migrant-taxi-boat-plan-will-slow-record-channel-crossings-2025-07-04/

Usually these people are asylum seekers, not migrants, so come under the 1951 refugee and immigration law that European countries are bound by. Look up the conditions of the camps in France and how they are treated, including children.

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Ontheedgeofit · 05/07/2025 06:00

Why are the French stopping them? Surely it’s another bunch of people now on their plate again.

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TeenToTwenties · 05/07/2025 05:55

They have family in UK
They speak English a bit
There is a community of their compatriots
They think we will be more welcoming
They think prospects are better