I watched The Americas With Simon Reeves last night whereby he happened upon a few Equadorian women and children trying to cross the border into America. Considering how horrible life is for a lot of those in such countries (from what I heard a few years ago, some families have only the equivalent of a few £s a month to live on for food, etc - dire conditions by all accounts) who could blame them for taking a chance and wanting to provide a better life for themselves and their children? Aren't we all deserving of a decent sort of life no matter where we were born? The women & children all looked worn out & frightened. I couldn't help thinking how grateful they'd probably be if their crossing was successful and they could settle in the USA and make a good life. My heart really went out to them.
Then I thought about the dinghy crossers here, supposedly fleeing persecution, etc. Hundreds of thousands of arrogant, angry men - some already armed with knives, etc - arriving here from an already safe country, having torn up their IDs along the way and chucking them into the sea, disembarking on our shores while at the same time giving the middle finger to anyone filming them. Then when most of them get here and are housed/put up in hotels, etc, are they in any way grateful to the UK for helping them? No, all they seem to want to do is turn the UK (and Ireland!) into the country they left behind. Demanding, wrecking (and worse) thinking all females of all ages are fair game for their perversions, and also wanting to continue their horrible cultures and archaic living of the country they left behind ... and apparently didn't like.
I honestly believe the majority of us would welcome and accommodate any genuine needy person and would be glad to help them, I know I would. But there's needy and there's taking the fcuking piss, and the way the tide is turning atm, it seems many have woken up to this piss-taking, and it's not before time. And long may it continue.
As I've said before on here, when even the people of Ireland - the most charitable and welcoming of people - have turned, and realized what's happening, ie, immigrants given priority over just about everything, including housing, it's time to take notice. Time for the citizens of the UK to take notice too. I think we have, but it may already be too late.