Comment on Record 128 people cross Channel in one small boat
tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 3 days agoLike the word used for mentally disabled people moves to become a slur and we collectively need to find a new word. So will the word for those moving across borders. We need to shift away from the demonisation of migrants and let the integrate into the community without making there class something to be ashamed of.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
I have no issue with migrants or even asylum seekers for that matter. My issue is specifically people who try and game the system to immigrate to the UK. I actually think our current legal immigration rules are too strict.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
which is why they do it “illegally”. It’s a little like drugs, making it more illegal wont stop it.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Yeah no, that’s not an excuse. You aren’t entitled to come to the UK. If someone is willing to disregard our laws to come here, then they shouldn’t come here or be allowed to come here.
robear@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
There’s a good chance your ancestors came to the UK by boat.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Legally.
I fail to see how that point is relevant. Unless you’re one of those people who’s whole schtick is “border controls should not exist at all”
robear@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Tell that to the monks at Lindisfarne.