Andy Burnham says wealthy areas must house more migrants after leafy village revolts over 1,250 asylum seekers

Do you understand irony and how it works?

I've puzzled that return them to France suggestion a lot, Doodledog.

I don't know, but maybe people think that by so doing, the incentive to make the dangerous sea crossing will be removed? So they won't land up here costing us money. Let France deal with the consequences, and take the blame, because by turning a bit of a blind eye to their coming across to us, this kind of implies that France isn't bothered about destroying the business model of human trafficking networks which is where the problem starts.
Basically, it is often perceived that France isn't playing the game. She is just shifting the responsibility in an ineffectual, weak way.

France is quite openly allowing the sale of boats, lifejackets etc, in large quantities. Why do the authorities there not seize these goods, close the outlets and close down the supply chains?

They are enabling the human traffickers and others who are making profits from this chain of misery.

Well, Decathlon is a French company. 😉

In that inimitable French way, they would shrug and say they have a moral responsibility to provide life-saving equipment to anyone on the water. Their executives have no doubt made a convincing argument that halting sales would directly endanger human lives, if individuals choose to attempt small/big boat channel crossings. Hmmm.

Of course, they are perfectly correct but if no boats were available then people wouldn't swim. Although it is possible.

They are profiting from misery.

And just to avoid any shouts of Daily Mail, or fake, this image was taken by an Italian journalist last week in a Decathlon store, N. France.

JenniRen

Of course, they are perfectly correct but if no boats were available then people wouldn't swim. Although it is possible.

They are profiting from misery.

I think, (might need to check), that Decathlon have stopped selling dingies and canoes in that area?

Someone is busy manufacturing them too.

Rubbing their hands as the profits roll in €€€€€€€

Dinghies even with an "h".

The country of "fabrication" is a bit loosely referred to as Usines partenaires en Asie - partner factories in Asia. Always somewhere raking in the €€€€€s.

MartavTaurus

And just to avoid any shouts of Daily Mail, or fake, this image was taken by an Italian journalist last week in a Decathlon store, N. France.

It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good 🤬