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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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LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 19:48

It's easy really. If you believe illegal immigrants don't pose a threat, crack on and lower your guard. Just don't try to lecture the rest of us on who we have to fear more. Being compassionate doesn't stop you from being attacked.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 30/07/2026 19:48

Naunet · 30/07/2026 19:47

The argument seems to be that because some white British men rape and beat women, women are racist if they object to letting men from deeply misogynistic countries have a go too.

Quite.

noddysyellowhat · 30/07/2026 19:56

moonraker0 · 30/07/2026 19:36

Poland deal with it very easily.

As did Hungary and Slovenia, they just don't let the beggars in.

Hungary keeps getting fined by the EU for not taking their "quota" of migrants, but they say that paying the fine is cheaper than having to feed, educate, and house migrants that don't fit in and don't want to.

Aidezmo · 30/07/2026 19:57

GaaNeen · 30/07/2026 18:35

Good point @Ballooney
we know why -
misogyny

Women in Morocco are less likely to be able to swim than men - so that helps explain it.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 19:59

DeterminedRat · 30/07/2026 19:32

You should read about Epstein, Maxwell and their mates. It'll blow your mind.

Yours would be blown sky high if you knew what went on in Dubai.

deadpantrashcan · 30/07/2026 20:01

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.

Absolutely.

EppingTrain · 30/07/2026 20:02

The same posters as well .who just ignore the evidence and data in. Many MNers say they hated their time in Morocco due to the men. Makes good sense the men shouldn't come here.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/07/2026 20:03

EppingTrain · 30/07/2026 20:02

The same posters as well .who just ignore the evidence and data in. Many MNers say they hated their time in Morocco due to the men. Makes good sense the men shouldn't come here.

Per capita is such a nuisance to them.

EppingTrain · 30/07/2026 20:03

noddysyellowhat · 30/07/2026 19:56

As did Hungary and Slovenia, they just don't let the beggars in.

Hungary keeps getting fined by the EU for not taking their "quota" of migrants, but they say that paying the fine is cheaper than having to feed, educate, and house migrants that don't fit in and don't want to.

There's a reason Budapest is so safe

Naunet · 30/07/2026 20:04

Aidezmo · 30/07/2026 19:57

Women in Morocco are less likely to be able to swim than men - so that helps explain it.

Funny, the men always seem to be wearing life jackets...

Corianda · 30/07/2026 20:04

Aidezmo · 30/07/2026 19:57

Women in Morocco are less likely to be able to swim than men - so that helps explain it.

I think the post was about a boat crossing the channel -strange that 100 men can make it but 3women drown

deadpantrashcan · 30/07/2026 20:05

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Jesus. This forum. What a collective. Makes me sick on the daily 👍

Fairyliz · 30/07/2026 20:06

titchy · 30/07/2026 17:46

OP are you under the impression MN is a Spanish site?

Net migration to the UK is down significantly btw - half what it was last year, and illegal migration also on a downward trend.

Yes net migration is down because all of those highly educated doctors/engineers and teachers are off to other countries for a better life. Then all if those high net worth people who spend lots here no longer come.
Instead we get young uneducated men from a very different culture coming here. What could possibly go wrong?

Hotupnorth · 30/07/2026 20:06

Spain's migrants are housed in camps. The ones that come across the Med that is.

Presumably the OP is one of the ones that come via Gatwick or Luton airport lol

Octavia64 · 30/07/2026 20:06

Morrocans are largely Arabic and French speaking.

the country has a long standing relationship with France. I don’t think it was actually a colony - but the foreign language taught in schools there is French usually.

few Moroccans speak English, those who do are largely working with tourists - again most tourists are French with a fair number of others.

Morrocans in general therefore are not aiming for England. Traditionally they do agricultural work in Spain or southern France or italy when they do migrate.

DontSayItsOver · 30/07/2026 20:06

moonraker0 · 30/07/2026 19:36

Poland deal with it very easily.

But Poland isn’t an island. If we had a massive fence with armed guards and no HRA and no Supreme Court then yeah we could do what they do but if a dinghy full of human beings are in the channel and about to sink we have an obligation to go and save them. And thanks to Brexit we can’t just send them back to France.

Corianda · 30/07/2026 20:07

I think Farage is an idiot but if they don’t sort out the boats that is who I’m voting for as I’m so pissed at our arrogant MPs who pretend they know best when the truth is they are weak, woke wastes of space

deadpantrashcan · 30/07/2026 20:09

Corianda · 30/07/2026 20:07

I think Farage is an idiot but if they don’t sort out the boats that is who I’m voting for as I’m so pissed at our arrogant MPs who pretend they know best when the truth is they are weak, woke wastes of space

Farage does not have the safety of women in mind. At all. Not in the slightest.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 30/07/2026 20:10

deadpantrashcan · 30/07/2026 20:05

Jesus. This forum. What a collective. Makes me sick on the daily 👍

Yet here you are.

ThatJadeLion · 30/07/2026 20:10

Absolutely pathetic country like the UK in welcoming in undocumented men. Coming to a street near you soon. The ones doing the mental gymnastics to say it's ok will soon see how their leafy lovely villages and naive areas will change in the next decade. We are full up north. I wouldn't even take my daughter to the nearest city where I live through the day anymore. Time for places like Cornwall and the naice places in the Lakes and Wales to do their bit.... oh wait.... a lot that live there don't even like tourists.

canuckup · 30/07/2026 20:11

Yes, the fact that Moroccan women are less likely than men to be able to swim explains basically everything that is wrong with Muslim countries.

They value males more.

Bottom line.

And do we want these men in the UK?? Apparently so.

Valeriekat · 30/07/2026 20:12

titchy · 30/07/2026 17:46

OP are you under the impression MN is a Spanish site?

Net migration to the UK is down significantly btw - half what it was last year, and illegal migration also on a downward trend.

Yes we are losing the millionaires!

DeftGoldHedgehog · 30/07/2026 20:13

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moonraker0 · 30/07/2026 20:14

ThatJadeLion · 30/07/2026 20:10

Absolutely pathetic country like the UK in welcoming in undocumented men. Coming to a street near you soon. The ones doing the mental gymnastics to say it's ok will soon see how their leafy lovely villages and naive areas will change in the next decade. We are full up north. I wouldn't even take my daughter to the nearest city where I live through the day anymore. Time for places like Cornwall and the naice places in the Lakes and Wales to do their bit.... oh wait.... a lot that live there don't even like tourists.

We’ve got plenty in Wales thanks to our government and their nation of sanctuary crap.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 30/07/2026 20:15

It's the latest ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT PANIC thread. Hello Russian agents! 👋

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