So 31 people drowned in the English Channel yesterday (or possibly 27, depending on your sources) and not a mention on OTF? I have a few views on this which I would like to share.
Firstly the people traffickers are utter scum of the earth. According to reports they are making anything up to £300k per boat they send out into the English Channel. They are trafficking in human misery taking their money and then sending them out into choppy seas in small ridged inflatable boats totally unsuited to the conditions. The lifejackets you see so many of them wearing have been provided by the RNLI (they have full-time crews at Dover at the moment such is the extent of the crises) and they are being sent out into cold waters without warm kit, adequate clothing and left to fend for themselves. The people responsible for this should be found and given long prison sentences.
Secondly this has been a disaster waiting to happen. The warning signs have been there but the deaths of one or two people doesn't seem to register and gets ignored. They're migrants so they get ignored, it serves them right say way to many people. France is as much to blame as the people smugglers for washing its hands of the problem. The disaster occurred in French waters and happened as the French Police watched on and did nothing.
The migration problem is a big one and I don't have the solution. I don't blame these people for looking for a better life, I would do the same if in their situation. But the World's population is on the move and we have to deal with that. I just wonder how many people will be sent out into the Channel today into cold winds, choppy seas, with the police looking on and nobody seeming to care.
Firstly the people traffickers are utter scum of the earth. According to reports they are making anything up to £300k per boat they send out into the English Channel. They are trafficking in human misery taking their money and then sending them out into choppy seas in small ridged inflatable boats totally unsuited to the conditions. The lifejackets you see so many of them wearing have been provided by the RNLI (they have full-time crews at Dover at the moment such is the extent of the crises) and they are being sent out into cold waters without warm kit, adequate clothing and left to fend for themselves. The people responsible for this should be found and given long prison sentences.
Secondly this has been a disaster waiting to happen. The warning signs have been there but the deaths of one or two people doesn't seem to register and gets ignored. They're migrants so they get ignored, it serves them right say way to many people. France is as much to blame as the people smugglers for washing its hands of the problem. The disaster occurred in French waters and happened as the French Police watched on and did nothing.
The migration problem is a big one and I don't have the solution. I don't blame these people for looking for a better life, I would do the same if in their situation. But the World's population is on the move and we have to deal with that. I just wonder how many people will be sent out into the Channel today into cold winds, choppy seas, with the police looking on and nobody seeming to care.
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