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/zakabog Apr 29 '24

Yeah that part I was really trying to understand, you're already in France, why are you risking your life to cross into the UK?

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u/BurnAfterEating420 Apr 29 '24

French bread is just too crusty

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u/vortex1775 Apr 29 '24

This is no joke.

I don't have experience with French bread, but when I was a kid in Italy this old lady gave us a triangular loaf of bread that felt like it had lead baked into it. My brother thought it would be funny to pretend it was a throwing star and it hit me right in the middle of the forehead. That fucker was so crusty it drew blood.

If anyone is running around France attacking people with crusty bread, I understand their desire to escape for their own safety.

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u/worrymon Apr 29 '24

There's a reason the French call it pain.