Why are immigrants so desperate to come over from France

If britain was being bombed I would expect NO sympathy or compassion from muslims or Africans. these people are third world migrants i do not want my society being degraded by their religions and third world culture and mentality. Preserving Europe is far more important to me by keeping these people out. I have seen what third world immigraiton has done to Nordic countries and my compassion is reserved for my future children and their children.

And much much better skiing,

The point of my original post was that they are already in a rich european country. I understand that they are refugees or whatever but why not just stay in France or Germany or Spain was my point.

I am sick of these people coming here. We are not a charity. Close the eurotunnel! Thank god we don't have a labour government!

If britain was being bombed I would expect NO sympathy or compassion from muslims or Africans. these people are third world migrants i do not want my society being degraded by their religions and third world culture and mentality. Preserving Europe is far more important to me by keeping these people out. I have seen what third world immigraiton has done to Nordic countries and my compassion is reserved for my future children and their children.

Your post literally makes no sense.

No, the UK is not a charity, but those who have requested asylum have a legal right to be in the UK.

"Close the eurotunnel!" - Not only would that strand thousands of people on both sides of the Channel, but it would SEVERELY hamper our trade with mainland Europe, y'know, since freight trains use the tunnel as well as passenger trains...

"Thank god we don't have a labour government!"
I interpret that as you saying if there was a labour government in power now, then they would just open the proverbial floodgates - which is the exact opposite of what they would do.

You're not serious right?

Lol like glen coe compares chamonix

I mean people say it is due to benefits etc but I still don't understand it. They could stay in france or go to Spain or Germany. Why do they want to come here so much.

Probably because the world's not in a very good place, and it's only getting worse.

Ironic then that 1000s of africans and muslims fought for the empire during WW2 ?

I mean people say it is due to benefits etc but I still don't understand it. They could stay in france or go to Spain or Germany. Why do they want to come here so much.

That doesn't make any sense the question is why do they want to come here as oppose to other european countries, I understand why they flee their native countries.

If you're referring to the asylum seekers & refugees in Calais, please, for the love of god, stop calling them "immigrants." The word has been dirtied by the right in this country and they don't deserve that kind of association. These people aren't leisure tourists come to try to claim our benefits, they're running from war, terrorism and the destruction of their homes.

They didn't have a jolly good laugh with the families, get on a plane to France and then stroll on over to the Eurotunnel, many of them have gone through awful things - their homes bombed, their families slaughtered before their own eyes, having to walk hundreds of miles in awful conditions to try to get to 'safety'

To imply these people are just trying to come here to get an easy life is frankly disgusting, and terrifies me because it shows how little empathy and humanity some people have.

There's an account of someone who went to the camps in Calais recently, and it's here:
https://www.facebook.com/jasmin.ohara/posts/10155886887785022

Honestly, if you can read that, or look at the figures and the stories behind some of these people, and your first thought is worrying some of them might want to try to scrounge a few thousand pounds welfare (which most of them aren't even eligible for for Christ's sake!) then you are a disgusting person, imo. These people have gone through ATROCITIES to get where they are, and many of them have watched people they know suffer and die.

If you wonder why they want to come to Britain, rather than stay in another civilised European country, then consider the numbers of refugees that they take in compared to us; we're awful when compared to the rest of the EU on these figures. The UK needs more compassion and a hell of a lot more empathy - I despise that we call ourselves a civilised country when we have thousands of people on our doorstep from awful, awful backgrounds and our only reaction is hatred and cheering as they get pushed back by soldiers, police and tanks. I mean, yes, we have homelessness and poverty in our country, but first off, barely anything on the scale most of these refugees have been through, and additionally, those issues could be solved too if this government put growth, compassion and humanity first, rather than chasing damaging and unnecessary budget figures with ideologically driven cuts. Think of it the other way around -- if Britain was bombed, and you tried escaping with your family to a safe country, for which you had to travel thousands of miles away with little decent transport, your parents and siblings dying of starvation, malnutrition, illness and all sorts of other factors, driven on only by tales of how good life is there & how nice the people are... Only to get there to be pushed back by tanks, beaten by police, and mocked by their media, called a 'swarm' by the single most powerful politician in the country, and accused of wanting zilch more than benefits. Sounds civilised to me.

They are economic migrants. Semantics do not change that fact. They travelled through numerous safe, civilised countries just to reach Britain, presumably because it is seen as a treasure trove.

Yeah right, you know as well as I do that labour would welcome these insects. No it wouldn't limit trade, invade you didn't realise we are an island, the haulage companies can stop employin Eastern Europeans and fork out for shipping costs. The average person at home would feel much more content this way. Communist.

Sort of.

The Home Office has looked into this issue - back in 2002 when the latest "OMG there's lots of foreigners in Calais" type hysteria struck.

As you suspect, a lot of people trying to reach the UK are doing so because they feel that the UK is the best place where they can better their lives. They feel that the UK is a place where they can find work and, through this work, they will prosper and become successful.

As I have said previously, and as the report explained, many of the migrants already speak English and/or have some link with the UK. Maybe a family member or friend living here.

Another interesting thing that was noted was that some migrants purchased a "package" from the people who would help them move around. Often, they had no choice where they ended up.

There's the very false notion that the streets are paved with gold.