@notwhingingjuststatingfacts
"Nobody gets on those boats who isn’t desperate"
Please, just stop and think for a moment.
These men are in France. FRANCE. Paris, The Lourve. People pay a lot of money to visit France.
They are not in danger. They are not being persecuted. They are not at war. They are in France.
You said they have to be DESPERATE to get on those boats.
They are risking their lives...to flee France?!
What possible reason could it be worth making that journey if you are already safe?
And not just France. They don't just jump from Etreia, Somalia, Afghanistan to France.... they pass through many, many other politically SAFE countries to get to France.
And THEN they risk their lives in a boat.
WHY? If it is just about getting away from their own awful country and being safe?