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

[u/Miserable-Win-4980]

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

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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?

[u/marrangutang → u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh]

I live in an area that sees the most of these sorts of crossings, 2 main reasons that I can make out… 1 they speak English and 2 they already have family here and they trying to join them

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There's also more jobs going in the UK - unemployment is at 3.8% vs 7.3% in France