How to solve the migration problem

[Whitegrenache]

Just watching tv news regarding the tragic death of the 7 year old girl who was killed in a smuggler led boat in France.

You have an Iraqi man who currently lives in France who is married with 2 children.

He pays for a smuggler to get his 7 year old daughter into England and she is tragically killed in that journey.

What I need help with is why did he feel desperate enough to send his child to England on this boat.

I may be totally naïve ( his family are currently safe and housed in Europe) so what was so appealing for his daughter to be shipped to England via an illegal boat?

The bbc reports they have no legal place to stay and the legal request for asylum within Europe has failed.

Can someone please educate me.

I write this post with the intent of trying to understand and educate myself and not to ignite a bun fight.

Thanks in advance for your help

I can't comment on the story you mentioned, but as to why people take risks coming to UK from safe countries, it's because they think their ability to stay in Europe is more likely in England than in France.

I don't know whether that's because we're less strict at who we class as fleeing danger, less scrupulous with evidence we require or just that our processing system is so shambolic that it's easier to 'disappear' into the country while your claim is being processed and you just live a cash in hand life... they're just guesses though.

I can only imagine it means either we're too lenient, or France is too harsh?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx77l5ej2yyo.amp
Link to bbc story

The article explains it. They are supposed to head back to basra because it's safe. They presumably don't think it is safe. They have cousins in England so presumably feel the family connection will count for them being able to remain here.