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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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Sav34 · 03/09/2026 19:34

Tiredtaxpayer · 03/09/2026 19:12

I don't get the point.
Yes, European men also commit heinous crimes and no-one's disputing that. But to say that rape is a measure of how European a man is, is just plain bonkers.

Look at the tweet and why I used " "

She's trying to say they aren't actually European

Tiredtaxpayer · 03/09/2026 19:36

Sav34 · 03/09/2026 19:34

Look at the tweet and why I used " "

She's trying to say they aren't actually European

OK.

GaIadriel · 03/09/2026 20:37

But to say that rape is a measure of how European a man is, is just plain bonkers.

But there's an argument that it's a measure of how Egyptian a man is. I remember reading a study of 450 female undergraduates which found that almost 40% of them had faced CSA.

Sav34 · 03/09/2026 21:13

The whole point was is if you see that PPs tweet many of those people with European passports aren't of European descent

GaIadriel · 03/09/2026 22:19

Sav34 · 03/09/2026 21:13

The whole point was is if you see that PPs tweet many of those people with European passports aren't of European descent

It's more about cultural heritage.

Sav34 · 03/09/2026 22:34

GaIadriel · 03/09/2026 22:19

It's more about cultural heritage.

Exactly

NancyThompson · 03/09/2026 23:06

Has anyone else seen the disturbing thing about the baby dolphin in Ceuta?

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 10:41

NancyThompson · 03/09/2026 23:06

Has anyone else seen the disturbing thing about the baby dolphin in Ceuta?

Yeah. These people are sick in the head.

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 10:45

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 10:41

Yeah. These people are sick in the head.

I'm actually having to avoid X today because I don't want to see the footage properly. It's made me feel absoluty sick.
Honestly if I said what I'd like to happen to those men I'd be banned... suffice to say that I do not want them anywhere near the UK ever.

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 10:49

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 10:45

I'm actually having to avoid X today because I don't want to see the footage properly. It's made me feel absoluty sick.
Honestly if I said what I'd like to happen to those men I'd be banned... suffice to say that I do not want them anywhere near the UK ever.

Our government must really hate us to inflict this upon us.

GiaGia16 · 04/09/2026 11:44

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 10:45

I'm actually having to avoid X today because I don't want to see the footage properly. It's made me feel absoluty sick.
Honestly if I said what I'd like to happen to those men I'd be banned... suffice to say that I do not want them anywhere near the UK ever.

What’s happening in Cueta most likely coming to us some time soon

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 12:44

GiaGia16 · 04/09/2026 11:44

What’s happening in Cueta most likely coming to us some time soon

It will. I think it already has tbh. How long before forced home invasions start happening?

KatiePricesKnickers · 04/09/2026 12:45

James O’Brien is struggling today with why people support Reform and are so concerned with immigration.

Idlewilder · 04/09/2026 13:05

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 10:41

Yeah. These people are sick in the head.

The only video I could see shows a group picking it up and putting it back in the sea. No footage of one being hit or killed. Could the headlines be exaggerated?

GiaGia16 · 04/09/2026 13:20

Idlewilder · 04/09/2026 13:05

The only video I could see shows a group picking it up and putting it back in the sea. No footage of one being hit or killed. Could the headlines be exaggerated?

According to various media reports it was struck on the head, instantly killed and then lifted from the water despite repeated pleas from locals not to touch it.
Sickening.

EasternStandard · 04/09/2026 13:26

Idlewilder · 04/09/2026 13:05

The only video I could see shows a group picking it up and putting it back in the sea. No footage of one being hit or killed. Could the headlines be exaggerated?

There’s reporting of more than that ie it died, but even the footage doesn’t just show that, it’s paraded first, poor thing.

LuckyHazelFox · 04/09/2026 13:26

GiaGia16 · 04/09/2026 13:20

According to various media reports it was struck on the head, instantly killed and then lifted from the water despite repeated pleas from locals not to touch it.
Sickening.

Not surprising given their approach to animals elsewhere.

Tiredtaxpayer · 04/09/2026 13:40

smallglassbottle · 04/09/2026 12:44

It will. I think it already has tbh. How long before forced home invasions start happening?

It's already happening - The Canary Wharf Incident (August 2025)
A young man staying at a nearby hotel for asylum seekers walked uninvited into the flat of a blind woman in East London.

  • The man, in his early 20s, entered the property on the Isle of Dogs after being followed in the street.
  • Local police later arrested the man on suspicion of common assault.
  • A relative of the homeowner was later arrested after confronting security and brandishing a weapon outside the hotel.
The Dover Home Intrusion Incident (2022)
  • The Incident: An asylum seeker who had just landed on a boat at Shakespeare Beach in Dover walked directly into the home of Sue Doyle in nearby Aycliffe Village.
  • The Demands: The intruder confronted the homeowner, demanding to use her mobile phone, asking for money, and demanding to be driven across the country to Manchester. “From what I understand they wanted money, phones & possibly vehicles to get away from the area.” --
  • The Aftermath: Following the incident, Dover District Council sent out precautionary warning letters to local residents, specifically advising those living in a nearby retirement home complex to keep their doors locked as a safety measure.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/residents-urged-to-lock-doors-after-migrant-breaks-into-uk-home-makes-demands-of-59-year-old-woman-britain-british-england-aycliffe-village-immigrant-sue-doyle
ElizaMulvil · 04/09/2026 18:46

Sav34 · 30/08/2026 11:29

Stay in the first safe country and not risk another dangerous journey and risk drowning in the channel to escape the safety of France

The first 'safe' country eg for Afghanistan is Pakistan. They have sent a million people back to Afghanistan. None of the 'safe' poor countries next to failed States can possibly cope with the numbers involved. The refugees will starve.

People who have nowhere to live, no jobs, don't speak the language. But, because of our colonial history they may speak English so have a better chance of finding work here.

The problem is that we have no system for them to apply for asylum unless they are physically here. Then our system takes years maybe.

In addition we keep them in poverty ie £49.18 a week, £7 a day, for food, clothing, toiletries because we wont allow them to work (even though we have huge shortages in some work areas cf Government shortage list) while their application is considered - for years and years.

If their application fails because they have made a mistake or were not clear about their situation, they will get NOTHING. They can't be returned to their country of origin (failed state, civil war etc). They are destitute, will live on the streets, starve to death, unless organisations like Assist in Sheffield will help them. ( How many of us could be sure of filling in firms in a foreign country and get it right first time?)

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 18:50

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/ceuta-illegal-migrants-triumphantly-hold-baby-dolphin-aloft

Look at the picture, those are not men trying to help the poor baby.
@Idlewilder

I just don't understand what sort of fucked-up mindset anyone must have to kill of all things a baby dolphin, or stand there grinning like a fool thinking it's great.

Ceuta: Illegal migrants triumphantly hold baby dolphin aloft after ‘whacking it over the head’ in horror attack

Eyewitnesses suggested the dolphin was alive when it was found near the shoreline and alleged that it was struck

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/ceuta-illegal-migrants-triumphantly-hold-baby-dolphin-aloft

MaturingCheeseball · 04/09/2026 19:27

Sick-making 😡

LuckyHazelFox · 04/09/2026 19:34

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 18:50

https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/ceuta-illegal-migrants-triumphantly-hold-baby-dolphin-aloft

Look at the picture, those are not men trying to help the poor baby.
@Idlewilder

I just don't understand what sort of fucked-up mindset anyone must have to kill of all things a baby dolphin, or stand there grinning like a fool thinking it's great.

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Just reading and hearing about it is enough to wonder how some can even still say these are civilised people.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 04/09/2026 19:43

The problem is that we have no system for them to apply for asylum unless they are physically here

While this is valid up to a point it's not going to stop the boat arrivals of those whose real circumstances wouldn't even begin to qualify them for asylum - not even if they claimed to have "made a mistake" or "been unclear"

As you suggest the process once they're here takes far too long, which could be helped by ending access to appeals, but what certainly doesn't help is the lack of political will to remove those found to have no case

Sav34 · 04/09/2026 20:03

ElizaMulvil · 04/09/2026 18:46

The first 'safe' country eg for Afghanistan is Pakistan. They have sent a million people back to Afghanistan. None of the 'safe' poor countries next to failed States can possibly cope with the numbers involved. The refugees will starve.

People who have nowhere to live, no jobs, don't speak the language. But, because of our colonial history they may speak English so have a better chance of finding work here.

The problem is that we have no system for them to apply for asylum unless they are physically here. Then our system takes years maybe.

In addition we keep them in poverty ie £49.18 a week, £7 a day, for food, clothing, toiletries because we wont allow them to work (even though we have huge shortages in some work areas cf Government shortage list) while their application is considered - for years and years.

If their application fails because they have made a mistake or were not clear about their situation, they will get NOTHING. They can't be returned to their country of origin (failed state, civil war etc). They are destitute, will live on the streets, starve to death, unless organisations like Assist in Sheffield will help them. ( How many of us could be sure of filling in firms in a foreign country and get it right first time?)

They can definitely be returned to country of origin. And they pass through so so so many EU nations till they come here.

NancyThompson · 04/09/2026 20:09

Sav34 · 04/09/2026 20:03

They can definitely be returned to country of origin. And they pass through so so so many EU nations till they come here.

Also, they're fed in the hotel and barracks accommodation. Phones, medical and dental care are provided. The money is pocket money.
And lol at not allowed to to work. They're all delivering Uber Eats.