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16 Aug 14
12:21
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Was it a fight between travellers?
Was it a fight between drug dealers?
Neither.
It was a container offloaded at Tilbury Docks from a ship from Zeebrugge.
It had 30 people inside it.
Was it a fight between drug dealers?
Neither.
It was a container offloaded at Tilbury Docks from a ship from Zeebrugge.
It had 30 people inside it.
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I'm worried about the dead one that the media say "suffocated"
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The welcome reception in Newham has been postponed
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5,000 imported for the funeral.
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Pain in the ar se these people
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If they are in the EU, they would have the right to stay here anyway so they must be travelling from outside Europe. Why do they cross the whole of the mainland of Europe to get to here?
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Travelling from Indian sub continent Why travel all that way indeed
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There must be something these other countries in Europe are doing to make foreigners less welcome(I include EU recidents in that) which makes them less appealing to migrants.
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Yes I wonder what must be so appealing about this country than the rest of mainland Europe? Perhaps it s the weather
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Why dont we just send the container back to the port it came from. They would soon get the message.
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Cos we're soft as shoite. Now we got the NHS cost, interpreters housing and paying for them to live. Within two years they'll claim the country is racist
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You should know by now that we have always extended a warm welcome
to those fleeing persecution. |
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Probably took one look at Tilbury and decided to stay on board.
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It's fine for those of us who have been lucky enough to be born in countries like ours. Few of us could even begin to imagine the conditions that some of these people are trying to escape from.
It must be truly awful to be an honest, kind-hearted, generally all-round good person in a place where exploitation, corruption and anarchy rule supreme. We live in a land where nobody goes hungry or thirsty. We get medical assistance when we need it and education is free to all. It's small wonder that so many people are willing to risk their lives to reach some of the European countries. |
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They were already in Europe, already had a safe haven. But they carried on to get here.
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I dont blame them at all for trying to get here. I would do the same in their position. However the vast majority of people here feel we have let in enough of them now and its time to say no more. So send them back to the safety of the port they came from which is Belgium isnt it?
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were the last stop , other eu countries wont stop them , they just let them carry on to get them out of their country
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These are not the poor unfortunates who are desperate to escape appalling conditions.
They are the nouveau riche, with the connections and money to buy an illegal passage to Europe. |
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coming here to pick pocket and deal crack
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Not a lot of compassion on this thread. Good luck to them all, I wish them well. Odds on they are all grafters who are hoping for a better life, which they will acheive if they are allowed to stay.
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Chit chat - home of compassion
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maybe they speak english not french or german, doubt they have just risked death to sit on sofa in newham and claim the dole, thats for indigenous population
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Tallywagger.
16 Aug 14 16:25 Probably took one look at Tilbury and decided to stay on board |
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"Not a lot of compassion on this thread. Good luck to them all, I wish them well. Odds on they are all grafters who are hoping for a better life, which they will acheive if they are allowed to stay."
Id be a layer of that bet at odds on. |
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they've had assistance in Belgium because the doors should be locked and fitted with a customs seal
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Ok dotchinite. Indians are workers, Brendan has a point, UK will always be the european destination of choice because we speak english.
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you seriously think a major factor in people heading here is because we speak English?
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Yes.
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Didn't realize they were Indians. I thought they were Belgians.
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english is language of business all over the world, its a great skill to have or improve on, to increase your chances of work world wide
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who would want to work world wide when you can come here and access the NHS, education, housing and benefits.
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you think UK has best social service in europe? a head of the scando countries?
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and work illegelly for their family on top
i would lock the borders if i had my way , UKIP are the way ahead imo |
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the VIKINGS in the scando countries wouldnt have it
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brendanuk1
16 Aug 14 18:34 maybe they speak english not french or german, doubt they have just risked death to sit on sofa in newham and claim the dole, thats for indigenous population How many whiteys is that then? - 25? This was 2007 ONS figures for 2006/7 show Newham had the highest net inflow of international migration in London: In 2007 Newham had the highest proportion of births to overseas born women in London (74.8%) Nearly a third of births in Newham are to Asian-born women. This was 2009 In 2009 Newham had the highest proportion of non-white primary pupils in London (82%) An analysis of children actually on roll in all Newham schools in 2009 shows that only 10% children were of White British origin with Asian (43%) and Black (26%) making up more than two thirds of the school population: In 2009, 3590 residents attended a British citizenship ceremony in Newham, the highest number in London. Hard data on numbers of asylum seekers and refugees living in Newham is unavailable but we probably have the highest population in London. The Audit Commission has estimated that the borough had 20,000 refugees and asylum seekers. In 2002, Newham Council estimated that 8% (approximately 23,000) of its residents were from refugee communities. Groups identified at that time were: Somalis(the largest group), Congolese (second largest), other Africans, Kosovans, Tamils, Latin Americans, Polish Roma, and Vietnamese. In March 2010 Newham provided subsistence support to more asylum seekers than any local authority in the country. In 2009/10 the employment rate for the white population in Newham, at 66.5%, was 10% higher than that for the ethnic minority population (56.1%). The unemployment rate for ethnic minority residents, at 14.5%, was more than double that of the white population (6.7%). . http://www.aston-mansfield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/newham-key-statistics.pdf |
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In fairness if they wanted to work in a call centre they'd have headed for India.
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The unemployment rate for ethnic minority residents, at
14.5%, was more than double that of the white population (6.7%). ethicity and nationality are 2 different things, probably why all the 'lock the doors' crowd come across as closet or open racists |
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Brendan why aren't there loads heading through Germany to Denmark then instead of lining up in Calais?
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they will work allright but in a family members shop , paying no tax
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