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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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KatiePricesKnickers · 30/08/2026 15:16

@Catza ”According to the government figures, nearly 300k people were returned under the Dublin agreement between 2010 and 2015.”

Errrrr? Excuse me?
Between 2010 and 2015, the UK transferred 3,307 people out of the country to other European nations under the Dublin Regulation (excluding 2011, for which official UK outgoing data was incomplete/not published).

So basically 1% of the number you have stated.

Thats from the UK Parliament portal.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldeucom/428/42806.htm

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Smokeywater · 30/08/2026 15:18

The Dublin agreement didn’t work
Transfers of asylum seekers from the UK to France under the Dublin Regulation:
2017 - 10
2018 - 51
2019 - 53
2020 - 25
In return, we accepted some asylum seekers from France under the Dublin Regulation, e.g.
2017 - 91
2018 - 92
2019 - 90

and ( for the anti Brexit brigade) -if we rejoined the EU they wouldn’t need to pay people smugglers -they’d just hop on the train or ferry to get here so there is no way we can rejoin

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 15:21

CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 15:15

What? I think you're confused.

How am I confused?

You started a thread and your second sentence was about the poor women who were burned on the boat.

But then you replied saying how posters are more bothered about the women being burnt, rather than the man who was stabbed.

If you didn’t think the women being sunburnt on the boat was a big deal then why mention it before mentioning the man getting stabbed - in fact why mention it at all?

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 15:22

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CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 15:23

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 15:21

How am I confused?

You started a thread and your second sentence was about the poor women who were burned on the boat.

But then you replied saying how posters are more bothered about the women being burnt, rather than the man who was stabbed.

If you didn’t think the women being sunburnt on the boat was a big deal then why mention it before mentioning the man getting stabbed - in fact why mention it at all?

No. Read back. You're mixed up. Never bother.

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Walkden · 30/08/2026 15:23

"The Dublin agreement didn’t work
Transfers of asylum seekers from the UK to France under the Dublin Regulation:"

Yes but by the same token the whole idea of Rwanda was that once people knew you could be transferred there it would be a deterrent that would reduce overall immigration.

It's a bit contradictory to say that Rwanda as a symbolic deterrent was worth it but knowing you could be sent back to France as a symbolic deterrent was pointless

Smokeywater · 30/08/2026 15:23

Yes, what is the solution - I think in our major cities maybe the numbers of former i
migrants is so high that we can’t pull together enough for a march ? Also risk of our two tier justice system locking you up for ‘racism’ .
i would happily march if someone would arrange one

Firstbornunicorn · 30/08/2026 15:24

Why, what's the number? I'm sure you have some genuine argument and are not just a reform bot, so please get into the actual statistics.

Smokeywater · 30/08/2026 15:25

How would you get back from Rwanda if you’ve chucked your passport -no way you’d get on a plane - great deterrent

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 15:26

CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 15:17

Does anyone remember this in the news. Anyway lets welcome Afghanis to England. Fine. The culcha in which they were brought up will not matter. nah.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16077757/Story-Taliban-execution-Zarmina.html

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I can remember this. It was a football stadium build by Foreign Aid.
They brought several people along in the backs of flatbed trucks, dragged them out and shot them in the head.

Firstbornunicorn · 30/08/2026 15:26

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Sorry, the Irish didn't make good house guests because we were all drunks!? I was just at the Ulster-American folk museum yesterday, and I think you could be doing with a walk around it to see what the Irish were actually facing in those days.

TemperanceWest · 30/08/2026 15:31

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 14:22

I have.
It says they were given British Citizenship and the right to live and work in UK. I see nothing about 'hostility, racism and violence'.
Many of them had jobs on the London underground or in nursing (if suitably qualified)

Genuine question: how old are you? You must be very young to be so unaware of the racism immigrants faced and how endemic it was.

"No Irish, no Blacks no dogs" signs. The Tory party slogan “If you want a (n-word) for a neighbour, vote Labour.”. The New Cross fire. House builders refusing to sell houses to people of colour.These are just a few examples.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 15:33

CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 15:23

No. Read back. You're mixed up. Never bother.

No I’m not.

I literally quoted what you said so how can I be mixed up when I used your own words?

TemperanceWest · 30/08/2026 15:34

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Ah. The bigotry of your post explains your denial of the racism people faced.

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 15:35

Firstbornunicorn · 30/08/2026 15:26

Sorry, the Irish didn't make good house guests because we were all drunks!? I was just at the Ulster-American folk museum yesterday, and I think you could be doing with a walk around it to see what the Irish were actually facing in those days.

I'm just saying what the situation was in Liverpool.
I knew a retired chap who had a big hotel and he used to host Irish Wedding Receptions. He quickly learned that the best way to manage it all was to keep the Priest there as long as possible and keep plying the Father with (Irish) whisky and ham rolls.
As soon as the Priest left, the fights started.
(He also learned to take a big deposit against breakages.)
The Irish have always been big drinkers. Have you never been to Irish Day at Cheltenham? They bring the Guinness in tankers.

TemperanceWest · 30/08/2026 15:38

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 15:35

I'm just saying what the situation was in Liverpool.
I knew a retired chap who had a big hotel and he used to host Irish Wedding Receptions. He quickly learned that the best way to manage it all was to keep the Priest there as long as possible and keep plying the Father with (Irish) whisky and ham rolls.
As soon as the Priest left, the fights started.
(He also learned to take a big deposit against breakages.)
The Irish have always been big drinkers. Have you never been to Irish Day at Cheltenham? They bring the Guinness in tankers.

Crikey. It is though I have travelled back to a time when racism against the Irish was acceptable and overt.

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 15:39

Popstarrrrr · 30/08/2026 12:59

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.

Yes but we are trying aent we look at the out cry over Rotherham etc and the other cars where women have been killed or abused
But how many more can we take when frankly we do not need too ? We are putting ourselves at even more risk into an already over loaded system

Tiredtaxpayer · 30/08/2026 15:41

TemperanceWest · 30/08/2026 15:38

Crikey. It is though I have travelled back to a time when racism against the Irish was acceptable and overt.

Well it stuck around a long time in Liverpool and also in Glasgow. These were the two main stopping off points for the Irish Immigrants.

canuckup · 30/08/2026 15:41

It's a sexist issue.

We are letting gangs of young, single men of a different religion into our country and they are then attacking and raping women and getting away with it.

I'll also leave Rotherham on the table.

There's a theme here.

IcyShark · 30/08/2026 15:43

Ive Unwatched this thread now. Ive said my peice and thats it. We all have opinions on it but unless someone will actually stop the boats it wont stop. This is too big a conversation for a lazy Sunday after a roast before the kids go back to school. This topic will always draw opinions from all sides. I think some comments have been posted to purposefully raise tensions so im out. 😘

canuckup · 30/08/2026 15:44

I cannot believe seemingly educated women on here are still bleating on about the fact that it's men, not just Muslim men.

Get out of stow on the wold or whichever Home Counties you come from and go to:

Stoneyholme in Nelson
Colne road in Burnley
Bradford.

Then come tell me if you think we should be inclusive.

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 15:47

JenniferBooth · 30/08/2026 14:17

Surely they only have to check their phones to see that the UK isnt the land of milk and honey like the traffickers told them

When your fleeing from scorching hot third world countries with no social care system at all no docs no money for anything of course anything they get here is incredible we enjoy even in the basics a far higher standard of living dont we!
Proper beds off the ground /mattress /pillows proper loos and washing facilities , electricty and kettles and fridges ! All luxuries we take for granted

TemperanceWest · 30/08/2026 15:48

Smokeywater · 30/08/2026 15:23

Yes, what is the solution - I think in our major cities maybe the numbers of former i
migrants is so high that we can’t pull together enough for a march ? Also risk of our two tier justice system locking you up for ‘racism’ .
i would happily march if someone would arrange one

You will be sad to learn that you missed a demo in Doncaster yesterday where "patriots" invaded a church. The police had to be called to protect the vicar.

Lovely people.

SoThatwasSummer · 30/08/2026 15:48

I mean we dont literally have any prison space do we ??