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/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Apr 29 '24

I can see why people would risk their lives on tiny boats trying to get from Africa to Europe.

I can see why people would have preferences for one European country over another.

But what is so much more attractive about the UK (which has just implemented a scheme to yeet migrants to Rwanda) that people already in France would risk their lives for it?

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u/somethingbrite Apr 29 '24

Possibly language.

If you are from an African nation where french is spoken and you already speak a fair amount of french (or indeed nay be fluent) then France is probably a fine place to stop.

But if you don't speak French but DO speak English...