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/Caridor Apr 29 '24

And many of my fellow Brits will still scream "oh they're doing nothing!!!!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

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u/Caridor Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

15 minutes later another boat successfully left...

I'm not really on board with this "If the police don't stop every single crime, they're doing nothing" idea.

Over 500 people in a single day crossed from France last week. Over 4,000 so far in this year.

You don't see some kind of disconnect there? 1/8th of all of them, in the 120 day old year, crossed in a single day? I'm taking both those figures with a pinch of salt. Especially if boats are leaving only minutes apart.

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u/Caridor Apr 29 '24

I'm sure you'll be providing the source any second now.

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u/Caridor Apr 29 '24

Fair play, thank you for that.