Did you know a boat full of immigrants capsized and they all died going from France to UK?

[lightbulb27]

How bad is it in France for immigrants. Answer is... it's awful. I saw it myself, their suffering. Some were expressing how they wanted to leave and go to UK. In honor of the memory of people that I may have actually met, this post is made... for the now nameless.

So many are suffering in the world. What can be done to improve the lives of so many?

The modern day treatment of immigrants and migrants is really awful. Do you agree?

https://news.sky.com/story/loss-of-life-was-avoidable-in-deadliest-ever-channel-migrant-boat-sinking-inquiry-finds-13503099

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp2w95n93o

It's much different when you've actually met a person that died. Not saying I did, but I could have...

Yes, we should improve treatment of migrants... and hope

No, it's fine or it's someone elses problem

I don't know

[purplepoppy]

These inflatable dinghies are grossly overloaded and barely able to float when they leave France. It's not actually a hard crossing in good weather, people have been going back and forwards for thousands of years and many have swam across. But today it's a busy shipping lane and in bad weather its treacherous.

The UK can moan about migrants but it's hardly fair on France to have them massing there. The only solution is fair processing the moment they enter Europe. If genuine, Europe decides which country you go to. If not send straight back. Once you've been assigned a country stay there or go back.

[lightbulb27]

Maybe Europe should set up a new immigrant nation in what is now called, Greenland. Or maybe Iceland? Buy a chunk of land and build a city! Wallah as the french would say. I mean, there's a chunnel... they could walk it better If there's a path.

I don't know what the British would say. "Bloody heck"?

[Levin]

The experience of Sweden and the ghetto-isation suggests that would be an extremely dangerous place. I'm for setting up an asylum camp next to poppy's farm. Let's see how her empathy extends when she has to deal with 500 fighting age men, 'with different cultural attitudes towards women' on her doorstep.

Wales and Scotland is pretty much 97% white isn't it? Needs some diversity.

[beefcakebradybatson]

@Levin They CERTAINLY do need diversity !!!

[Levin]

This is the fault of those who are pro mass-migration.

There are too many pull factors into the UK and Europe. Namely, they know once they rock up on our shores, they will be given residency like candy. We should detain and deport anyone who comes here, because the asylum system has been utterly abused. They are economic migrants. We are attracting them here with our lax systems. If they know they will be deported and won't receive any benefits, they will stop coming overnight.

Bear in mind that this time period was supposedly when we a most deadly virus pandemic. Hint, we didn't obviously. Otherwise, these illegal crossings would have actually been cracked down upon with some fervour.

[KostasKouvalis]

Fake news. You never see any women and children on that boat.

And France should take care of its citizens. I'm glad to hear they want to leave.

[lightbulb27]

lots of boats try to cross... and no wonder, it's miserable in france without $.

[purplepoppy]

Actually you do. Theyll often put kids on these overcrowded boats because encourages quicker rescue. They know that you don't actually need to land because maritime law states there's a duty to save people at sea.

[lightbulb27]

@purplepoppy good points!
unless your name is hegseth...

[Hagar88]

This is the fault of successive liberal politicians in Europe. They can't understand that the more you let in, the more you encourage to come. Its like feeding rats, feed one and tomorrow you have 20.

I mean what military aged male wouldn't travel to the uk if he knows that the uk government will put him up in a luxurious hotel room, 3 meals a day, free phone, an allowance of more money than he can make at home, access to a gym, free medical and dental care, free education, free jobs skills training, free xbox, access to women and girls unescorted by a male relative and of course you can fly your family over and even take vacations in the very country you fled from as a refugee.

Thinking of going to England as a refugee myself.

[lightbulb27]

Parts of it are ok, some seemed not.

[DryGermanGuy]

In the Mediterranean Sea that happens at least once a month, usually unnoticed.

[lightbulb27]

how awful! Can only imagine how desperate people would be, to risk it all in a flimsy boat to get to a place, where it's questionable as well. Modern day gypsies.

[AMS700CX4u2]

In the year 1547 my family made that same crossing

[lightbulb27]

that's crazy to think about isn't it! I cannot imagine.

[AMS700CX4u2]

Catholocism was Beheading, Garroting and Burning at the Stake. It was open season. The family lived on the coast of Normandy, evidently they were nautical already, and the trip was approximately seventeen miles, barely three hours travel.

[Mike_Hum]

I feel sorry for them losing their lives. Its not the responsibility of Europe to absorb millions of foreigners from the third world.

[_piotr]

Tragedy that such thing happened, but that does not justify illegal migrations.

[Dargil]

They understood the risks when I got on the boat. If they did not understand the risk, they should not have gotten on the boat.

[beefcakebradybatson]

The French have ALWAYS been racist s**ts!!!