France begins to clear 'Jungle' camp

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They must have some knowledge about Britain beyond what they've seen on Mary poppins to make them want to travel through so many other countries to get here.

The only thing that makes sense is that a lot of these people have family or community in Britain, and despite whether Brits want them there, all they have to go on is that thread of hope for something familiar.

I know that would be my thing if I were in that situation. I'm imagining if I were being bombed to shit in America, and somehow I am choosing between Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan as a refuge, and I happen to know of a couple of people from my neighborhood in Afghanistan. I wouldn't care whether I was wanted in Afghanistan or not---if I had to choose between a place where I'm not welcome and another place where I'm not welcome that has some people I know and can lean on for support---I'd claw tooth and nail to get to Afghanistan.

If the reality is that there are going to be refugees, and maybe there are going to be a lot of them, it seems counterproductive to label them all criminals (not talking about you now, paul) and miscreants and continuously talk about how they're not wanted. Even if you'd rather not have them there. Speaking from my point of view, there would be nothing that would keep me from wanting to assimilate into another culture if all I heard was nastiness and hatred all the time. My culture would be vastly preferable, and I would be way more susceptible to believing shit about a culture that treated me like I was sewage from the get go.