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AIBU to worry about large numbers of undocumented men arriving in Spain?

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MaturingCheeseball · 30/07/2026 17:34

Thousands of young men from Morocco and beyond swimming to Spain. Spain obviously has encouraged the problem with their amnesty for existing migrants, but thousands more arriving with no means of support and undocumented is going to cause huge problems. Large numbers will no doubt be ultimately trying to reach the UK.

It’s harsh, but we cannot accept infinite numbers of men.

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nomas · 30/07/2026 18:39

labamba007 · 30/07/2026 18:38

People are leaving that’s why. People with jobs who pay tax. People who owns businesses who employ people. Doctors and dentist and nurses and teachers.

But yes it’s going down hooray! We’ll add more people in who don’t have skills and don’t pay tax and lose the people that do. Brilliant plan.

That’s really not why net immigration is low Hmm

lazyarse123 · 30/07/2026 18:41

Fupoffyagrasshole · 30/07/2026 18:13

literally don’t care

migrants aren’t the problem - billionaires are

Do you get many billionaires raping 12 year olds? And don't try telling me we have rapists in this country i know so there is no need to increase the probability of it happening.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 18:42

Par for the course now. It's far too late to make a significant change.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 18:42

lazyarse123 · 30/07/2026 18:41

Do you get many billionaires raping 12 year olds? And don't try telling me we have rapists in this country i know so there is no need to increase the probability of it happening.

Safe in their little bubble. I couldn't take that post seriously.

2dogsandabudgie · 30/07/2026 18:42

Whatevergoes2025 · 30/07/2026 18:33

Whenever I think of the boats I think of the poor little girl who was crushed to death by a pile of men clambering on top. Absolutely we need to stop the boats.

In the photo I saw a boat was crammed with men all wearing life jackets and on the edge of the boat was a small child clearly distressed with no life jacket on. The French officials were standing watching.

5 days ago a migrant was stabbed to death on a French beach and the perpetrators alleged to have then got into a dinghy to cross the channel. It's out of control.

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 30/07/2026 18:43

MaturingCheeseball · 30/07/2026 18:34

It’s funny how posters appear with insulting comments and desperate to shut down discussion.

Ah those just desperate to shut down discussion are just the “Refuges welcome here” crew.
But obviously not in their back yard.
Just laugh at them

IdaGlossop · 30/07/2026 18:43

MissyB1 · 30/07/2026 18:17

Another scaremongering “those dangerous immigrants are invading and taking over” thread.

Don't forget it's deliberate, WEF-backed, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by illegals, and the UK will be a majority Muslim country by 2030.

EvelynBeatrice · 30/07/2026 18:43

labamba007 · 30/07/2026 18:38

People are leaving that’s why. People with jobs who pay tax. People who owns businesses who employ people. Doctors and dentist and nurses and teachers.

But yes it’s going down hooray! We’ll add more people in who don’t have skills and don’t pay tax and lose the people that do. Brilliant plan.

Yes, that’s my impression.

Every dentist I’ve had for years has decamped to Australia or Canada - my teeth aren’t that much of a challenge!

My medical student nephew did two summer placements in New Zealand hospitals - one hospital was almost entirely staffed by British medics; the other about half.

My son couldn’t get onto the graduate track he wanted in England so went to Australia- his expat friends are all British doctors, nurses, midwives, engineers, teachers.

Nzou1050 · 30/07/2026 18:44

This isn't new - Spain has been experiencing boat crossings for decades.

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IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 30/07/2026 18:47

IdaGlossop · 30/07/2026 18:43

Don't forget it's deliberate, WEF-backed, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by illegals, and the UK will be a majority Muslim country by 2030.

Oh I don’t think the UK will be majority Muslim by 2030 that’s only 4 years away.

FineWineVine · 30/07/2026 18:47

MandingoAteMyBaby · 30/07/2026 18:27

Open a legal route and guarantee deportation to irregular arrivals and the danger to the people desperately crossing will massively reduce.

But it's having a robust deportation system that's the problem. Does any country have a deportation system that successfully deters illegal migrants? And I don't mean just being a country that's undesirable to move to, eg North Korea.

Whatdidyoujustcallme · 30/07/2026 18:47

Let’s rejoin the EU and reinstate ‘first safe country’ if the issue is so horrific. Brexit literally created ‘the boats’.

i don’t think immigration is the most pressing thing causing struggles for ordinary people. It’s just that’s what the ones actually having the biggest impact on national finances want us to think it is.

suburberphobe · 30/07/2026 18:49

"Swimming from Morocco and beyond to Spain"
Could you OP?...

Where did you get that from? Most of them can't swim at all!

But yea, I agree with you OP. Huge problem.

But! They do the jobs most of us wouldn't do too.

Collecting rubbish, bin men etc, cleaners (I've done it as a solo mum), what have you.

Just chatted to a nice African guy delivering food, got lost, a local directed him. That's your home delivery, can't be arsed to cook too sometimes.

SadiraOfTyr · 30/07/2026 18:50

IdaGlossop · 30/07/2026 18:43

Don't forget it's deliberate, WEF-backed, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by illegals, and the UK will be a majority Muslim country by 2030.

The UK is going to go from 6% Muslim to over 50% in 4 years??? That’s shocking!

SadiraOfTyr · 30/07/2026 18:52

EvelynBeatrice · 30/07/2026 18:43

Yes, that’s my impression.

Every dentist I’ve had for years has decamped to Australia or Canada - my teeth aren’t that much of a challenge!

My medical student nephew did two summer placements in New Zealand hospitals - one hospital was almost entirely staffed by British medics; the other about half.

My son couldn’t get onto the graduate track he wanted in England so went to Australia- his expat friends are all British doctors, nurses, midwives, engineers, teachers.

I’m don’t think it’s news that a lot of poms migrate to Australia.

nomas · 30/07/2026 18:53

IdaGlossop · 30/07/2026 18:43

Don't forget it's deliberate, WEF-backed, the majority of sexual assaults are committed by illegals, and the UK will be a majority Muslim country by 2030.

The majority of sexual assaults are carried out by white men.

Your post is laughable.

2dogsandabudgie · 30/07/2026 18:56

Whatdidyoujustcallme · 30/07/2026 18:47

Let’s rejoin the EU and reinstate ‘first safe country’ if the issue is so horrific. Brexit literally created ‘the boats’.

i don’t think immigration is the most pressing thing causing struggles for ordinary people. It’s just that’s what the ones actually having the biggest impact on national finances want us to think it is.

Before Brexit it was people being trafficked in the backs of lorries, but after the tragic deaths of a high number of migrants who suffocated to death on two separate occasions which resulted in prosecutions and a major crackdown, the traffickers had to find other ways to get people across the channel. This is organised crime.

trappedbynerves · 30/07/2026 18:58

MaturingCheeseball · 30/07/2026 18:28

People don’t stop in the first place they reach. We know that and some posters are very keen to point out that you can claim asylum wherever you like. Therefore we cannot accept assume that more than a few migrants will be making their way here. Especially if Spain feels itself overwhelmed.

The videos online are of Ceuta, on the African continent, neighbouring Tunisia. It's not as scary for Europe as is being made out. However if I was in Cueta I'd best terrified. The population was just 83k and already half Muslim before this. Even migration of a few thousand makes it Muslim majority. What's happened in recent weeks means the Spanish population of the city may be already incredibly unsafe. If I lived there I'd be weighing up my options of leaving and potentially sacrificing my property or staying and sacrificing my life.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 18:58

nomas · 30/07/2026 18:53

The majority of sexual assaults are carried out by white men.

Your post is laughable.

In your hurry to get that one in, you misread that post.

IdaGlossop · 30/07/2026 18:59

IsEveryUserNameBloodyTaken · 30/07/2026 18:47

Oh I don’t think the UK will be majority Muslim by 2030 that’s only 4 years away.

Neither do I but people foolish enough to believe the claptrap they find on social media do.

SadiraOfTyr · 30/07/2026 19:00

nomas · 30/07/2026 18:53

The majority of sexual assaults are carried out by white men.

Your post is laughable.

I’ve just rather shamefully realised that @IdaGlossop ’s post was parody. I also fell for the bait.

nomas · 30/07/2026 19:00

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 18:58

In your hurry to get that one in, you misread that post.

Which bit of the incorrect statement ‘the majority of sexual assaults are committed by illegals’, did I misread? It’s pure bullshit.

MaturingCheeseball · 30/07/2026 19:01

nomas · 30/07/2026 18:53

The majority of sexual assaults are carried out by white men.

Your post is laughable.

Italy has an increasing problem with sexual assault/rape committed by Moroccans. Italy traditionally has had many crimes - but not stranger violence.

I just don’t know how posters can justify thinking that groups of rootless young men wandering about is nothing to be concerned about.

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noddysyellowhat · 30/07/2026 19:01

MandingoAteMyBaby · 30/07/2026 18:27

Open a legal route and guarantee deportation to irregular arrivals and the danger to the people desperately crossing will massively reduce.

How can you guarantee deportation when we can't even get Pakistan to take their grooming gang scrotes back?

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