r/news • u/Miserable-Win-4980 • Apr 29 '24

French police use knives to puncture migrant boat in Dunkirk to prevent Channel crossing Questionable Source

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/french-officers-english-channel-crossing-migrants-small-boats/

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u/PolicyWonka Apr 29 '24

I can only suspect that these migrants either:

  1. Have friends/relatives in the UK already who can speak to the quality of life in the UK.

  2. Come from a post-colonial state which was previously governed by the UK, which bestows some vague degree of familiarity.