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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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NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:08

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Her post did make it onto X though.

NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:10

I know the Spanish have had to move some of the girls to the mainland for their safety.

CoventryCity · 31/08/2026 21:15

NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:08

Her post did make it onto X though.

Well if that isn't the height of uhm well something, Breezy will be chuffed she's made it. Can you screen shot /link plse, not on X..

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NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:26

CoventryCity · 31/08/2026 21:15

Well if that isn't the height of uhm well something, Breezy will be chuffed she's made it. Can you screen shot /link plse, not on X..

It was hours ago and you know how the "For you" feed isn't necessarily people you follow - but they'd screenshotted it and were deriding it as lefty batshittery.

CoventryCity · 31/08/2026 21:31

NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:26

It was hours ago and you know how the "For you" feed isn't necessarily people you follow - but they'd screenshotted it and were deriding it as lefty batshittery.

Ha ha..

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NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:31

CoventryCity · 31/08/2026 21:15

Well if that isn't the height of uhm well something, Breezy will be chuffed she's made it. Can you screen shot /link plse, not on X..

Oh! Found it!

AIBU to be deeply concerned about the sheer number of unchecked undocumented unknown men coming into the UK?
CoventryCity · 31/08/2026 21:36

NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:31

Oh! Found it!

😆Brilliant

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LuckyHazelFox · 01/09/2026 07:34

"And these people walk among us"

Always spouted by lefties who think they are morally superior. I mean, how embarrassing to be giving it large and ending up being incorrect. "These people" have a right to an opinion love.

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 07:34

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GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 07:41

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.

Fake news.

Oh the irony!

Somehow I dont think you’ll be getting an apology @CoventryCity .

LuckyHazelFox · 01/09/2026 07:43

Oh I misread that post and thought it was a lefty saying it. I got it wrong. Oh well, I won't go into hiding unlike some. I fucked up. How hard is that to say.

KatiePricesKnickers · 01/09/2026 07:53

NancyThompson · 31/08/2026 21:10

I know the Spanish have had to move some of the girls to the mainland for their safety.

According to some posters thought process, the girls will be no safer on the Spanish mainland, because Spain also has its own rapists.

Makes you wonder just how bad the sexual assaults are for the Cueta authorities to evacuate them.
Did they not try giving out leaflets?

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 07:58

KatiePricesKnickers · 01/09/2026 07:53

According to some posters thought process, the girls will be no safer on the Spanish mainland, because Spain also has its own rapists.

Makes you wonder just how bad the sexual assaults are for the Cueta authorities to evacuate them.
Did they not try giving out leaflets?

I find it utterly horrifying and infuriating that there are still people who try to minimise all of this by saying ‘native men rape too’.

What is wrong with them, seriously? What sort of argument is that?

And it keeps getting trotted out, every time.

Sav34 · 01/09/2026 08:04

KatiePricesKnickers · 01/09/2026 07:53

According to some posters thought process, the girls will be no safer on the Spanish mainland, because Spain also has its own rapists.

Makes you wonder just how bad the sexual assaults are for the Cueta authorities to evacuate them.
Did they not try giving out leaflets?

Even though where women here say their Morocco experiences are absolutely shocking experiences, it's apparently not different in Spain.

EasternStandard · 01/09/2026 08:13

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 07:41

Fake news.

Oh the irony!

Somehow I dont think you’ll be getting an apology @CoventryCity .

And it was repeated by other posters who felt above algorithms.

EasternStandard · 01/09/2026 08:15

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 07:58

I find it utterly horrifying and infuriating that there are still people who try to minimise all of this by saying ‘native men rape too’.

What is wrong with them, seriously? What sort of argument is that?

And it keeps getting trotted out, every time.

Ikr. At this point it’s what on earth are you doing?

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 08:17

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NancyThompson · 01/09/2026 09:11

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They also need to be careful with their phrasing. "Decreasing" isn't accurate. "Rate of increase has slowed" is more accurate, but that still means the overall numbers are increasing.
The other thing is that when the government state migration has dropped, they mean net migration. If we look at who is leaving, and how many, suddenly the picture isn't as rosy.

angelos02 · 01/09/2026 09:22

The net migration figure is down but the 'quality' of people is the big issue. We are importing millions of low/no skilled people while those that are leaving are generally highly skilled (otherwise the countries they are going to wouldn't accept them. I fear for the future of the UK. Seriously, who would come to the UK if they were highly skilled and from a comparably wealthy country?

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 09:37

NancyThompson · 01/09/2026 09:11

They also need to be careful with their phrasing. "Decreasing" isn't accurate. "Rate of increase has slowed" is more accurate, but that still means the overall numbers are increasing.
The other thing is that when the government state migration has dropped, they mean net migration. If we look at who is leaving, and how many, suddenly the picture isn't as rosy.

Yes, that’s very true.

MaturingCheeseball · 01/09/2026 09:37

I think a worry is the increasing burden of welfare. A large family with inadequate breadwinner support, and a family whose females will never work due to cultural norms who will also go on to have large families… And then there’s the housing issue!

There is currently no incentive to cut your cloth, in fact the situation is quite the opposite.

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 09:39

angelos02 · 01/09/2026 09:22

The net migration figure is down but the 'quality' of people is the big issue. We are importing millions of low/no skilled people while those that are leaving are generally highly skilled (otherwise the countries they are going to wouldn't accept them. I fear for the future of the UK. Seriously, who would come to the UK if they were highly skilled and from a comparably wealthy country?

This is why it drives me insane when people trot out stuff like ‘the NHS would collapse without immigration’.

Not saying that’s untrue, but how many doctors, nurses etc would have arrived via small boats or (back in the day) lorries?

It’s absolutely crazy.

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 09:42

MaturingCheeseball · 01/09/2026 09:37

I think a worry is the increasing burden of welfare. A large family with inadequate breadwinner support, and a family whose females will never work due to cultural norms who will also go on to have large families… And then there’s the housing issue!

There is currently no incentive to cut your cloth, in fact the situation is quite the opposite.

Also very true.

It’s just a total shitshow.

NancyThompson · 01/09/2026 09:45

Re the NHS collapsing without migration thing, what state are the health services in the countries of origin of all the medics we're poaching then, once their studies have been paid for by the taxpayers of those countries? Why aren't we training enough in the UK?

GunnelVallquist · 01/09/2026 09:59

NancyThompson · 01/09/2026 09:45

Re the NHS collapsing without migration thing, what state are the health services in the countries of origin of all the medics we're poaching then, once their studies have been paid for by the taxpayers of those countries? Why aren't we training enough in the UK?

I don’t really know much about this, but I remember seeing a thread on here where the OP said her son would not be offered a placement once he’d qualified as a doctor, and apparently most of his fellow student acquaintances wouldn’t either.

So a lot of them are looking at moving abroad.

It seems crazy when there is a shortage in this country.

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