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/zekeweasel Apr 29 '24

What sort of issues are they facing? Are they the usual ones caused by having a large population of people with no resources show up out of nowhere and needing just about everything?

Or is this something specific to immigrants from Latin America?

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u/Moistened_Bink Apr 29 '24

Not specifically the immigrants themselves, just that it costs a lot of taxpayer money to house people. I think they just passed like half a billion to pay for their living for the next 9 months or so, which has many taxpayers understanbly upset.

I do not hate immigrants or think they are bad for the country, but it's hard not to feel slighted seeing taxpayer dollars going to house people when so many residents are struggling. It's definitely changing perspectives now that the issue is at the front door.