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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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cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:24

Windsurf · 30/08/2026 22:23

The women defending this situation are the worst thing about Britain now. The worst of the worst. So many of them in the labour government, libdems, greens. The absolute worst people on the planet. Thank goodness we are finding out what a tiny minority they are.

What situation are ‘women’ defending?

Edit: because it seems a stretch to say these ‘women’ are the worst people in the world (worse than Putin? Worse than rapists? Child sex offenders?) for challenging a false report in an OP. If you mean defending rapists and murderers, nobody is. Some of us are saying that it’s wrong to call all asylum seekers (or all Muslim men - some go that far) rapists and murderers. I don’t think that’s a bad thing either.

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:25

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:17

The vote is irrelevant as it was based on a false report of stabbings and burnings.

You don’t know that. There were injuries on the boat and a death.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:25

CoventryCity · 30/08/2026 22:18

Before I go - please provide evidence the reports are false. Thanks babe.

It’s literally your thread that you’re saying is true.

You used the daily express and daily mail to ‘prove your point’, knowing how often these lie.

You were asked multiple times to provide more credible sources but you haven’t.

The articles you have provided state that they got the information from the French report - yet the French report says nothing about a stabbing.

You know for a fact if you had a credible source that came from the French you would have posted it.

Instead you tried to rage bait posters by posting articles that have nothing to do with illegal immigrants.

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:26

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:25

You don’t know that. There were injuries on the boat and a death.

And we don’t know what the injuries were or what caused the death. So you don’t know there were stabbings and burnings, do you? Yet you’ve defended those fabrications.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:27

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:24

As far as I. Aware nobody has asked for that. I certainly haven’t. But the original report linked and the OP’s words about it are deeply misleading. The report itself contains outright lies. Do you think people shouldn't challenge lies and the resulting misinformation and misunderstandings?

Challenge away but the crux of the thread remains the same.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:28

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:19

They want the thread to be pulled.

If people wanted it to be pulled they would have reported it and got it removed.

This should stay up because it shows just how easily people can believe fake news.

OP knew exactly what she was doing when she said about the poor women being burned.

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:30

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:27

Challenge away but the crux of the thread remains the same.

Which is?
Seems to be saying these men are all dangerous because there was a stabbing and burning. If there wasn’t, the premise looks a bit shaky.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:30

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:28

If people wanted it to be pulled they would have reported it and got it removed.

This should stay up because it shows just how easily people can believe fake news.

OP knew exactly what she was doing when she said about the poor women being burned.

Illegal crossings aren't fake news. Dangerous crossings aren't fake news.

AndyKitten · 30/08/2026 22:31

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:26

And we don’t know what the injuries were or what caused the death. So you don’t know there were stabbings and burnings, do you? Yet you’ve defended those fabrications.

One dead, three injured, one of them severely and airlifted to hospital in Boulogne Sur Mer, two treated in Calais.

Death as a result of cardiac arrest.

According to Prefecture Maritime.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:33

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:30

Which is?
Seems to be saying these men are all dangerous because there was a stabbing and burning. If there wasn’t, the premise looks a bit shaky.

Is she being unreasonable to be concerned about undocumented men coming to the UK? That's the thread title.

Sav34 · 30/08/2026 22:33

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:22

Pei0le have a right to claim asylum where they choose to. It’s never been can be denied, but they have the right to claim it. Shipping people to Rwanda with no return possible is, in my view, immoral in view of that. Maybe we have a different moral standard.

It can be denied if the nation isn't a signatory's to the refugee convent. Not every nation is.

India has deported Rohingyan refugees back to Myanmar. Just doesn't let them stay and sends them back.

If we don't want them and Rwanda does, what's the issue?

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:33

Here is a French article detailing the injuries

https://www.nordlittoral.fr/296035/article/2026-08-28/crise-migratoire-au-moins-un-migrant-mort-apres-une-tentative-de-traversee-au

Three people were injured and treated by emergency services: two women with burns to their legs and a man who had fallen ill. All three were transported to the hospital in Calais.

A fourth victim, a man, was stabbed. He was reportedly airlifted to the hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer. In total, between August 26 and 28, 2026, 81 people were rescued by the CROSS Gris-Nez maritime rescue coordination center for three attempted crossings: Fécamp, Wissant, and Gravelines.

The victim who died at sea in circumstances that are still unknown is believed to be a 34-year-old Afghan man.

Crise migratoire : un migrant mort et des blessés après une tentative de traversée au large de Calais

Une opération de sauvetage a été menée au large de Calais vendredi, après qu’un migrant a été retrouvé mort lors d’une traversée en embarcation de fortune. 72 personnes ont été prises en charge.

https://www.nordlittoral.fr/296035/article/2026-08-28/crise-migratoire-au-moins-un-migrant-mort-apres-une-tentative-de-traversee-au

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:34

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:28

If people wanted it to be pulled they would have reported it and got it removed.

This should stay up because it shows just how easily people can believe fake news.

OP knew exactly what she was doing when she said about the poor women being burned.

See the French article. You’ve been very quick on the fake news, people are less intelligent line but it’s reported in the French press.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:35

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 22:30

Illegal crossings aren't fake news. Dangerous crossings aren't fake news.

I completely agree, which is why these discussions are so important.

But you cannot have a discussion based on lies.
We need to stick to the facts.

The thread is rage bait though because OP linked articles to grooming gangs and a child abuse/murder case - neither of which have anything to do with illegal/dangerous crossings.

Sav34 · 30/08/2026 22:38

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:18

There are (and always will be) criminal elements in any group. I tend to avoid demonising the whole group as a result.

But if one group has extremely higher crime rates?

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:39

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:28

If people wanted it to be pulled they would have reported it and got it removed.

This should stay up because it shows just how easily people can believe fake news.

OP knew exactly what she was doing when she said about the poor women being burned.

It shows how easily people declare fake news without checking.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:43

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:34

See the French article. You’ve been very quick on the fake news, people are less intelligent line but it’s reported in the French press.

I don’t know how to translate it?

There have been no reports so far of anyone being stabbed to death or women being burned with fire.

We know that someone died of a heart attack and we know that women were treated for sunburn.
We know that there are injuries. There always is on these boats

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:44

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:43

I don’t know how to translate it?

There have been no reports so far of anyone being stabbed to death or women being burned with fire.

We know that someone died of a heart attack and we know that women were treated for sunburn.
We know that there are injuries. There always is on these boats

It’s easy I just pressed translate. I’ve copied the relevant text anyway. It details the injuries.

Windsurf · 30/08/2026 22:45

cardibach · 30/08/2026 22:24

What situation are ‘women’ defending?

Edit: because it seems a stretch to say these ‘women’ are the worst people in the world (worse than Putin? Worse than rapists? Child sex offenders?) for challenging a false report in an OP. If you mean defending rapists and murderers, nobody is. Some of us are saying that it’s wrong to call all asylum seekers (or all Muslim men - some go that far) rapists and murderers. I don’t think that’s a bad thing either.

Edited

Saying "it's wrong to say all" is the most pathetic limp weak statement on the planet.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:51

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 22:44

It’s easy I just pressed translate. I’ve copied the relevant text anyway. It details the injuries.

Are you on a phone or desktop?

AndyKitten · 30/08/2026 22:55

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:51

Are you on a phone or desktop?

The article mentions someone hurt by a bladed article, two women with burns on their legs and another person who was unwell.

Someone might want to apologise to OP.

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 23:04

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 22:51

Are you on a phone or desktop?

Phone but you can read the post below? It’s the text in English which says stabbing.

Maybe a sorry for the liar accusation to the op.

ThatBreezyScroller · 30/08/2026 23:12

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 23:04

Phone but you can read the post below? It’s the text in English which says stabbing.

Maybe a sorry for the liar accusation to the op.

I would absolutely apologise when I read the article for myself and it proves her right.

As I said, I do not read things from the daily mail or daily express as they are known to lie.

OP refused to post any credible sources and I will not believe anything until it comes from a credible source.

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 23:13

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 23:04

Phone but you can read the post below? It’s the text in English which says stabbing.

Maybe a sorry for the liar accusation to the op.

Not to mention calling 77 per cent of voters gullible and unintelligent.

EasternStandard · 30/08/2026 23:14

LuckyHazelFox · 30/08/2026 23:13

Not to mention calling 77 per cent of voters gullible and unintelligent.

Yes that too.