Surely someone could have intervened to help this baby?

[Cardemomle]

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16040317/French-police-stand-watch-baby-toddlers-board-dinghy-England.html

They don't intervene on beaches as a matter of policy.

Philp , shadow Home Secretary was filmed on a beach last week asking why they don't stop a boat being boarded and the Police man replied "we have been told not to". No guns or knives in sight. One knife through the boat and it would have deflated in shallow water. They have been told not to do that too. They did it once a year or so back.

The job of the police is to get into danger to save lives.

How?

It's the height of greed, opportunism, selfishness and utter stupidity to put your small children through that trauma and that level of risk just to try to reach the UK when you've already passed through several safe countries and been in France for weeks or months. Being desperate to leave wherever you came from is one thing, but this sort of thing makes you look less like a genuine refugee and more like someone with their eye on the main chance.

Let v the French rescue them -or not
British boats and theRNLI should not be everything French waters to pick them up!
Of they do enter Britain waters they should be towed back over to French waters.

I don’t understand - illegal immigrants aren’t entitled to anything at all in the UK. No benefits, housing, anything. I just looked it up to check I’m correct and I am. Why are people saying we are the gold standard for immigrants? Want to understand the argument.

Couldn’t have put it better myself. Any parent who would risk their child’s life in this way, does not deserve to be a parent. There is no war in France, so what’s their excuse for putting their child in harms way to reach the UK.

There are 44 countries in Europe. I doubt they've tried them all.

Often these people speak English not French and may have family in the UK. I agree they should stay in France and it's pretty insane to take small children in the boats but I guess the risks are not told to them, just this is the way to get there and it will be fine, just give us the money.

? Mobile phone manufacturers? Fuel companies?
The people extracting wealth from those people's home countries and promoting conflict there ?

Us?

Surely it's not illegal to arrive in the UK and claim asylum? That doesn't make you an illegal immigrant.

Well, if the mission was to make you angry, mission achieved. Given that the entire social media economy is based on making people angry, it’s a possibility that this is faked.

When I saw that picture I thought, but but but....I thought "they" were all supposed to be fighting age.

Asylum claimants get housing and food and a small allowance and hit paydirt if their asylum claim is agreed as most are.

The number of women and children have been rising this year. There is a suggestion that there are more genuine asylum seekers than there were, but that still raises the question why they aren't claiming in France.

You would need to be armed and have cover to deflate that boat. The passengers won’t look idly on.

Presumably it is not illegal on the French coast to board a boat with members of your family.

The parents of this child should hang their head in shame! Why should the police or anyone else risk their own lives to save these idiotic people.

The whole thing is a massive scam- I have no empathy for any of them any more as the whole thing is a complete scam with criminals being allowed to profit from it.

French police are routinely armed.

They deflated one about a year ago and they were told not to do it again. The key is to do it before it's been loaded with people.

Monty36 · Today 16:45
Am not sure why but I do wonder if the photo is actually real. It is these days a question we have to ask.
I hope not.

I wonder if it’s real - enlarge the photo and look at the bottle of milk. It seems to be unattached to anything.

And have who exactly look after the children?

Definitely white people’s fault 👍

What would happen in the UK if I was putting my child in a life threatening situation in full view of the public? I’d expect some authority to intervene and potentially take my albeit identified but unspeaking baby off me, so why does this baby deserve less?

Yes everyone’s life is equally valuable, but you’re allowed to risk your own life - no one arrests you for staying in an abusive relationship. Risking a child’s is a whole different ballgame - they may take your child into protective care if you won’t leave an abusive relationship.

The vast majority are fighting age young men. Not all, but the vast majority. But you know this.

Yes....let's separate the families...🙄

Erm parents?? They made the decision to put that poor baby on the boat. Please tell me what conflict is in France that would necessitate risking a child’s life.