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AIBU to be deeply concerned about the sheer number of unchecked undocumented unknown men coming into the UK?

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CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 09:40

This is some dystopian lord of the flies hell. Those poor women. Burned on the boat. Wth. Poor man stabbed to death. Why are the people that did this then going to be roaming free in the UK? Why are they allowed to enter the UK in the first place? Why are gangs not being 'smashed'?

Why won't the government tell us the truth about their crime rates?

AIBU to be deeply concerned about the sheer number of unchecked undocumented unknown men coming into the UK.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2243693/english-channel-small-boat-migrant-dies

Channel chaos as migrant dies, two women burned and one stabbed on same boat

Forty-five of those on board continued towards the UK and were picked up by a British rescue vessel.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2243693/english-channel-small-boat-migrant-dies

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moonraker0 · 30/08/2026 13:08

ElizaMulvil · 30/08/2026 11:25

People who arrive here 'undocumented' are coming from failed states ie often no birth certificates, no passports eg
Somalia - civil war no central Government control
South Sudan - ongoing internal conflic
Yemen - severe humanitarian crises, prolonged conflict
Syria - years of civil war, destroyed public systems
Democratic Republic of the Congo - internal violence, lack of basic governmental delivery
Afghanistan - years of fighting, civil war, appalling civil rights
etc, etc.
People from such states are desperate. They often have family members who've been killed, are starving, have nowhere to live, fear for their children etc.
What would you do in such situations?

You would try to escape surely but you have elderly parents maybe, or young children. So you send on ahead members of the family who are most likely to survive the perils of a long uncertain journey, risks of starvation, long treks through hostile counties, to seek for help and establish a safe home.

They are leaving because they can't stay and /or are totally at odds with the political regimes they come from. Not because they are fully in support of them!
BTW the offending rates of asylum seekers are similar but a little below those of the rest of the UK.

Asylum seekers are people of resource, want to work. need to work. We should be allowing them to do so not keeping them in poverty for years on end. There are lots of jobs where there are shortages eg Government Skilled Workers shortage list. Other countries allow them to work.
Australia, Canada, Sweden, Portugal - right to work almost immediately.
Germany ditto after 3 months
Belgium ditto 4 months
USA, Netherlands ditto 6 months.

How do you know what the data is about crime rates when they won’t release it or am I missing something?

Friendlygingercat · 30/08/2026 13:05

Its not just the latest batches though is it? Beginning with Windrush wave upon wave of large ethnic groups have been allowed into this country and given equal citizenship without any public consultation in the form of a referendum. I don't remember being asked if I wanted to vote for so called "multi ethnic society". I know what my vote would have been.

WellThatIsABitMad · 30/08/2026 13:04

moppety · 30/08/2026 10:01

This is exactly the narrative that has pushed so many Labour voters away (and Keir recognised it too late). You can’t have any kind of discussion around immigration, no matter how nuanced, without it being branded racism. It’s a way to shut down a conversation. Reminds me of the whole TERF and transphobia thing too. You can’t have a nuanced discussion about that either.

Of course we should be talking about young men from countries with appalling cultural attitudes to women’s and safety in particular coming over to the UK (or anywhere) and being free to move around our communities. It’s foolish not to recognise that there will be issues integrating single young men from places where violence (especially sexual violence) against women is commonplace and culturally acceptable in a way it isn’t here, no matter how much people like to claim that being a woman in Britain is just as bad as being a woman in Afghanistan or Eritrea or Somalia.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t accept them, of course we have a duty to accept asylum seekers, but we can’t shut our eyes and put our fingers in our ears about some of the more valid concerns.

Edited

100% agree. Why can’t we have nuanced discussions, the issue is complex, it’s not racist to have concerns about immigration.

Firetreev · 30/08/2026 13:02

thepariscrimefiles · 30/08/2026 12:54

Rupert Lowe would remove all UK gun laws as he is a fascist. He referred to the death of 16 five year old children and their teacher as 'one murder' in an interview with Joe Rogan.

Reform councillors are laughably incompetent and useless. I doubt they'd be any better in government.

People don't realise that once you vote in a fascist it's too late - your country will be destroyed and led by the worst people imaginable. Imagine the town low life being in charge of your local council. That's how it will end up. Lowe and his outfit will lead this country into the gutter. They won't solve any problems either, once the immigrants are 'dealt with' they'll move on to the disabled, the LGBT community, children with SEN etc. It'll be an endless list of scapegoats and eventually you'll probably find yourself or someone you love and care for on it. The very wealthy will get richer and everyone else will suffer.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 13:01

MaturingCheeseball · 30/08/2026 12:47

You betcha there’s a campaign - because the alternative is admitting untold numbers of men. And being told including on MN to look away, you’re racist, you have to accept it, it’s our punishment for past misdemeanours (including French colonies etc) or that there is no evidence of threat or if there is then it’s a small price to pay. NO THANK YOU.

What’s the solution ??

We live on a tiny Island, absolutely no one is saying we should freely take in billions of people, because our economy cannot sustain it.

We know that men are more likely to do these journeys because they’re too dangerous for women and children.

We know that their plan is to send money home, until they get secured and then have their families come and join them in a safe way.

We know that we cannot take them back to a country if we don’t know where they came from.

We know that Brexit caused increased immigration and decreased emigration so the numbers are being unbalanced.

We know that if they do come to this country, we are going to ensure they’re housed and fed because people who are homeless and starving are dangerous regardless of sex, age or nationality.
We’re also not inhumane.

So apart from shooting them dead before they get off the boat - what is the solution?

Catza · 30/08/2026 13:01

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:49

I don't think we are their main source of information .
Putin gets info out as well and they can Google and see

Google and see what though? That they get a free car and a five bedroom house? This scenario only exists in the imagination of Gary from Wetherspoons which he is happy to plaster all over Facebook.
Even people in the UK can't use google to find accurate information.

Popstarrrrr · 30/08/2026 12:59

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:15

Women only achieved the vote very recently in our counties history.
Pay in equality still exists.
We have many problems with misogyny and male violence but most people born here understand the basic premise of equality
Having said that we do operate a two tier system were we say some girls freedoms are worth less than others and turn a blind eye to their plight.

But we have campaigns ,education, debates and laws that all support equality.

We are heading in the right direction on a long road. .

How can we absorb thousands of young men who have not only not started on the road but don't know of it's existance and who have been raised in a complety opposing culture where women are property of their men etc ? How ?

Edited

I don't disagree with what you are saying but it also gives a useful way of looking at this.

Women and girls safety is weak in this country. Yes we have laws and legislation aimed and making a difference but in practice with minimal conviction rates for rape and sexual assault, two women killed by an abusive partner or ex partner every five days and not counting the underreporting of VAWG and VAWG related deaths by suicide we have a very bleak picture in this country. By far the main perpetrators of these crimes are men. Men from all backgrounds and walks of life. VAWG is the best example of diversity and inclusion there is. So should we worry about more men entering this country? Yes we should because men are the risk factor and even with our laws and so called cultural premise of basic equality in this country we continue to fail to keep women and girls safe. And whilst we point fingers to 'those over there' who come from 'worse' countries we fail to address the systemic harms within our own political and legal systems.

What I'm saying, with admittedly far too many words, is that if all the frothing about immigrants/migrants and others was redirected to those in power, to the men in our lives we'd make the right difference for women and girls.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 12:54

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:40

I don't think these men are on Mumsnet

No but these posters are the type to read these things on social media and their engagement increases the popularity of the posts and it therefore spreads even wider.

Facts then get lost and people start believing things that they read on social media and media sources like the daily express/mail.

Then having a discussion becomes almost impossible because half of the stuff that they think is fact is completely made up or they’re so focused on blaming the ‘left’ that the arguments they’re trying to make don’t make sense.

I remember seeing a post when I was on Facebook about a refugee family being given a mansion - it was the Omaze house and there was simply a brown man advertising the competition but people believed it because they read it and didn’t bother to fact check.

And then there was the time that someone joked about Big Ben changing its name to Massive Mohammad and loads of people got so angry over it 😂

It’s exactly the same with the whole Andrew Tate and Incel movement.
It’s the algorithm that’s the problem.

The current system isn’t working and there needs to be a change but rage baiting and scare mongering doesn’t help.

FirmSnake · 30/08/2026 12:54

You're not wrong to be concerned. But it is a complex issue without an easy solution, and is very unlikely to ever improve.
The only real solution is global commitments to peace and sharing of resources, and that isn't going to happen.
Ultimately, we take in a relatively small proportion of the world's displaced people, so some perspective is helpful.
Being outraged isn't going to help.

thepariscrimefiles · 30/08/2026 12:54

Smokeywater · 30/08/2026 09:48

Weak governments from Blair onwards

to add - will make me vote Restore or Reform regardless of the idiots running these parties - it's a last hope of someone doing something

Edited

Rupert Lowe would remove all UK gun laws as he is a fascist. He referred to the death of 16 five year old children and their teacher as 'one murder' in an interview with Joe Rogan.

Reform councillors are laughably incompetent and useless. I doubt they'd be any better in government.

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:49

Catza · 30/08/2026 12:43

No, but comments like that are not just on mumsnet. I regularly see them on facebook, and I am sure they are rife on other social media platforms. I don't understand the logic. If you want people to stop coming, then surely you will be trying to spread information that life for asylum seekers here is absolutely terrible so it's best not to come.

I don't think we are their main source of information .
Putin gets info out as well and they can Google and see

MaturingCheeseball · 30/08/2026 12:47

ExtraOnions · 30/08/2026 09:51

…yet another thread about migrant crime rates, that’s 3 in 3 days. Almost like a concerted campaign…..

OP the views you are after are all on the other thread (the first was deleted). Nothing new will come from this one, so suggest you stick with that.

You betcha there’s a campaign - because the alternative is admitting untold numbers of men. And being told including on MN to look away, you’re racist, you have to accept it, it’s our punishment for past misdemeanours (including French colonies etc) or that there is no evidence of threat or if there is then it’s a small price to pay. NO THANK YOU.

Catza · 30/08/2026 12:43

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:40

I don't think these men are on Mumsnet

No, but comments like that are not just on mumsnet. I regularly see them on facebook, and I am sure they are rife on other social media platforms. I don't understand the logic. If you want people to stop coming, then surely you will be trying to spread information that life for asylum seekers here is absolutely terrible so it's best not to come.

dustabsorber · 30/08/2026 12:42

Sav34 · 30/08/2026 11:34

What's so bad about France?

They don't like cheese or wine.

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:40

Catza · 30/08/2026 12:28

Comments like that make me laugh. Do you want to stop pull factor, then stop advertising what they are getting online. I see again and again comments across all social media akin "they come over and get everything for free - a house, a car, benefits". Whether or not it is true, it's irrelevant. You just put the biggest advertisement into the universe and every man from across the globe can see it and think "oh, I get all that, do I? Better get on that boat".
You want it to stop? Then start thinking about what you share online.

I don't think these men are on Mumsnet

Sav34 · 30/08/2026 12:39

Parker231 · 30/08/2026 11:59

You’d have no independent review of proposed legislation? The Supreme Court was deciding whether the government’s proposed scheme complied with existing UK law and the UK’s legal obligations. It didn’t.

And then the law was changed as it should be to have deemed Rwanda safe and we could have sent them there.

IcyShark · 30/08/2026 12:35

partmermaidpartplant · 30/08/2026 12:12

Urgh ! All these ‘so concerned’ people - I bet they all voted Brexit. Stupid fuckers.

now the social media landscape is trying to make the uk sound very bad. It’s not, it’s lovely. I have a lovely safe life - great places to live, culture, education, freedom. And so do all my friends and family. I do not recognise the uk portrayed by these posters.

obviously the rapes by immigrants are terrible and they should be jailed + deported.

the world is facing a lot of issues. British people should pull together to face climate change and make societal change. Not throw their hands up and go ‘we are shit because we now have some brown people in our society’

This is all just a distraction - get off your phone and volunteer in your community. Pay more tax to fund better services. Help your neighbours! Be a nice person. Delete all app owned by the genocide enabler mark Zuckerberg.

Sorry but nobody mentioned anything about brown men in which you refer to. Regardless of their skin colour or where they come from its the fact that we dont know WHO they are or WHAT kind of background they have? We dont know whether these individuals have committed offences in other countries on the way here.
Clearly you live in a very nice area as you have pointed out but alot of these men are housed in local communities mostly council areas where services are stretched as it is. Jobs are not plentiful so there is nothing for these men to do. I happen to live in a nice area but hasn't stopped our local authority trying to house some next to a primary and a secondary school.
Perhaps you should leave your nice area and explore other areas of the UK where this seems to be an issue and speak to locals themselves about how they feel. If its not happening in your postcode its not happening full stop 🙄

Catza · 30/08/2026 12:28

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 11:35

Stop the 'pull' factors.
They get 3 meals a day comfy beds, gym and laundry facilities and free bus-rides into the nearest town.
Put them in tents on the Outer Hebrides and they'll soon stop coming.

Comments like that make me laugh. Do you want to stop pull factor, then stop advertising what they are getting online. I see again and again comments across all social media akin "they come over and get everything for free - a house, a car, benefits". Whether or not it is true, it's irrelevant. You just put the biggest advertisement into the universe and every man from across the globe can see it and think "oh, I get all that, do I? Better get on that boat".
You want it to stop? Then start thinking about what you share online.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/08/2026 12:22

In the year to March 2026, approximately 29,500 undocumented men arrived in the UK - this is approximately 0.424% of the population of the UK. This is a tiny fraction, and I think the right wing media are fearmongering.

partmermaidpartplant · 30/08/2026 12:19

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 12:14

Have you thought of marketing those rose coloured glasses you're wearing? You'd make a mint - on second thoughts, maybe not 🤔

But why ? Why do I have to change my view so I can hate on the UK?

why don’t you change your view and be happy that you are paying tax for a fairer society and to work to improve the one we have built ?

hating on everything just uses your energy which is what these posts are designed for. Get off the phone and go help people. Enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 12:15

Popstarrrrr · 30/08/2026 12:09

Of course we should be talking about young men from countries with appalling cultural attitudes to women’s and safety in particular coming over to the UK (or anywhere) and being free to move around our communities. It’s foolish not to recognise that there will be issues integrating single young men from places where violence (especially sexual violence) against women is commonplace and culturally acceptable in a way it isn’t here, no matter how much people like to claim that being a woman in Britain is just as bad as being a woman in Afghanistan or Eritrea or Somalia.

Out of interest, which countries have men who don't have appalling attitudes to women.

Women only achieved the vote very recently in our counties history.
Pay in equality still exists.
We have many problems with misogyny and male violence but most people born here understand the basic premise of equality
Having said that we do operate a two tier system were we say some girls freedoms are worth less than others and turn a blind eye to their plight.

But we have campaigns ,education, debates and laws that all support equality.

We are heading in the right direction on a long road. .

How can we absorb thousands of young men who have not only not started on the road but don't know of it's existance and who have been raised in a complety opposing culture where women are property of their men etc ? How ?

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 12:14

partmermaidpartplant · 30/08/2026 12:12

Urgh ! All these ‘so concerned’ people - I bet they all voted Brexit. Stupid fuckers.

now the social media landscape is trying to make the uk sound very bad. It’s not, it’s lovely. I have a lovely safe life - great places to live, culture, education, freedom. And so do all my friends and family. I do not recognise the uk portrayed by these posters.

obviously the rapes by immigrants are terrible and they should be jailed + deported.

the world is facing a lot of issues. British people should pull together to face climate change and make societal change. Not throw their hands up and go ‘we are shit because we now have some brown people in our society’

This is all just a distraction - get off your phone and volunteer in your community. Pay more tax to fund better services. Help your neighbours! Be a nice person. Delete all app owned by the genocide enabler mark Zuckerberg.

Have you thought of marketing those rose coloured glasses you're wearing? You'd make a mint - on second thoughts, maybe not 🤔

Walkden · 30/08/2026 12:13

"Out of interest, which countries have men who don't have appalling attitudes to women."

You are quite right. In which case it wouldn't matter how many undocumented men we imported or what country they came from....

partmermaidpartplant · 30/08/2026 12:12

Urgh ! All these ‘so concerned’ people - I bet they all voted Brexit. Stupid fuckers.

now the social media landscape is trying to make the uk sound very bad. It’s not, it’s lovely. I have a lovely safe life - great places to live, culture, education, freedom. And so do all my friends and family. I do not recognise the uk portrayed by these posters.

obviously the rapes by immigrants are terrible and they should be jailed + deported.

the world is facing a lot of issues. British people should pull together to face climate change and make societal change. Not throw their hands up and go ‘we are shit because we now have some brown people in our society’

This is all just a distraction - get off your phone and volunteer in your community. Pay more tax to fund better services. Help your neighbours! Be a nice person. Delete all app owned by the genocide enabler mark Zuckerberg.

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 12:11

Dustbinbetty · 30/08/2026 12:09

It's because only Dr's and engineers come and obviously they don't like educated women

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