Why Do Migrants Want to Come to the UK? The Appeal of Britain to Refugees Explained - TLDR News
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With footage of asylum seekers and migrants crossing the channel to get to Britain, some are beginning to question why they're making the trip at all. I mean, they've already made it to Western Europe, why then risk your life in a dinghy to attempt to get into Britain? In this video, we explain some of their motivation and if there truly are a lot of migrants trying to get into the UK.
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£2b per year to keep them in hotels while we have people sleeping in shop doorways, in damp mouldy housing, depending on food banks . We have elderly people wrapped in blankets because they can’t afford to heat their homes.
We need a political party with a backbone to act on the will of the tax payer.
Never forgetting that immigrants to this country pay a larger amount of tax per capita (on average) than ordinary British Citizens. The keeping of Asylum Seekers in hotels is as a direct result of the Tory Government stripping the Asylum System bare of staff over the last 13 years so increasing the "backlog from 18,500-odd in 2010 to 175,000 today. So what you meant to say is - "We need a political Party with the backbone to do the jobs we pay them to do".
They pay more tax 😂
It's the same here in the USA! Families/elderly/veterans living on the street and migrants are put up in hotels/housing for free and getting financial assistance.
@@petergaskin1811and all the young military aged men? ... if you are escaping from war you evacuate the women and children.... if you are going to start a war, you send men!
Yes,
What I don't like is being propositioned by men using broken English almost every day on my way home from work in Central London. Men coming here from other countries seem to think it's okay to ask a lone woman, "You want to party? I have money." Because they get away with doing it in their own countries. It's very intimidating. I usually tell them they are lucky I am not a police officer because they would be arrested for soliciting and deported. They soon run away very quickly, especially when they hear a siren.
You should keep a siren in your purse or pocket. The men come from a place where women have NO rights so yes they think they can get away with it. Liberal women are actually enabling this behavior as long as it doesn't happen to themselves.
According to my daughter and from what i hear in the street, white males are just as bad.
it’s awful and you shouldn’t have to even incur that behaviour of any one but i know what you mean it’s like they have this idea that british or western women are “easy “ probably because of the way we are depicted especially in the islamic countries
@@janedoh123 I agree. It's a very pervasive myth in those countries that women living in UK, Europe, US, etc are easy targets or they have no morals because of how they dress. We need to do a better job of tackling these myths. Just because a woman decides to wear a dress instead of what's considered acceptable in those countries, doesn't mean she's always looking for a romantic relationship with some random guy.
Because UK citizens are poor
How could they legally claim asylum since they usually leave France which is a safe country.
You seem to have a problem at immigrants
Illegal - yes!!
@@harrysmith3502 you have to at least respect them, they risk their lives just to get here
@@joeyblox3709 skipping through many safe countries to get to France and then paying thousands of pounds to illegally cross?!?
They look well in there new tracksuits and iPhones - hardly “War-torn”….
@@harrysmith3502 You dont get it. They're passports would get them deported. Even if they got there by plane they could have lived in another European country and get deported to there by fingerprint.
What I cant understand is once they get the UK Passport they make frequent visit to their country which is supposed to be dangerous for them to live with fear of persecution, the basis of claiming their asylum. For example Iraqis, Afghans and Sri Lankans to name a few.
@I love to have a change now and again because some of them can afford it with what they bring back with them and some with what they take there
Not necessarily. The Iraqi Kurds I knew in Birmingham could not travel back directly, they went via Iran. One of them told me if his accent had been picked up in Baghdad he might have been lynched, but this is going back to when Armajinadad ( hope that is spelt right ) was President of Iran.
@I love to have a change now and again See Priti Patel et Al.
Sri Lanka is not dangerous haha
@@christopherblanchard2099 It's Ahmadinejad but you got pretty close there.
I drive freight train to Zeebrugge, recently I picked one off the train trying to get a ride into the ferry terminal. He quickly wanted to make clear he was harmless and just wanted to get to the UK. Strangely he spoke perfect French and not a word of English. I asked him why he didn’t just go to France. He answered, because the UK doesn’t have ID cards it’s easier to stay under the radar.
Bloody hell, good job you found him!
That essentially is it!
@Marcus White Maybe. However, and economic migrant won't get far by "staying under the radar" because he will need to work somewhere. And if he speaks French, then working in France would be far easier. Seems fishy to me...
@Marcus White Possibly, it's difficult to make a such a decisive statement with such little evidence. I would rather wager that ID cards terrify them because they come from a failed state where ID cards can be used to gather and persecute people.
Roland Rohde Can't work in France without an I'D, or get health are.
Free houses…free healthcare…free £money…. Free every thing…that’s why they come…
you know france has all these things two... infact frace has objectivly better healthcare and benifits than the uk
@@jurassiccraft883 Language is the main reasin i guess.
Not many ppl speak or want to learn Pepe Le Pew
Funny how this isnt mentioned though
*France is about 2.3 times bigger than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 126% larger than United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (513,748 more people live in France).*
The most recent consensus says UK now has more population than france
*In 2022, Russia had the largest population among European countries at 144.7 million people. The next largest countries in terms of their population size were Turkey at 85 million, Germany at 83.4 million, the United Kingdom at 67.4 million, and France at 65.6 million.Feb 28, 2023*
I worked the local council elections this week. We talked about the Covid marshalls we employed last year. This is in a labour run council. The marshalls were Africans employed from an agency , picked up from 3am. They werent told anything basicly about what they were supposed to do. They were given extra food during their 15 hour shift by election workers . Their English was minimal. If our local government is flouting labour laws to employ people then what hope is there?
Perhaps your council should have specified with a bit more care what they wanted from the Agency they employed. Perhaps deal with one that supplies the workers you need, rather than use modern slavemasters.
Free money
Free health care
Free phones
Free internet
Free clothes
Free housing
Free money
Free water
Free heating
Free food
Why wouldnt they want to come to the UK I'm thinking about taking tanning tablets and changing my name.
Yip
Did you even watch the video? They literally can get all those things in any EU country, if not moreso than the UK. The benefits are NOT a determining factor in asylum seeker's decisions.
Your right new government, this country is a sick joke, and the jokes on the British tax payer
It's not necessarily free you have to pay tax
🤣🤣🤣🤣 You and me both!
This comment section is going to be very civil and informative
I'm actually surprised how many comments are informative and how few are from racist nutjobs.
@@HansVonMannschaft
To be fair, it shouldn't really come as a surprise that there are people with principled opposition to the current migrant situation who take their stand for reasons other than skin colour.
@@HansVonMannschaft I think it's nice smart ppl who watch this channel
I'm honestly just surprised I haven't seen anyone mention the Inbetweeners reference yet
@a 2345193 It's funny, the only people saying dumb shit like that ARE overly offended white people. You account for the minority of racists in our country and don't represent all white people, just fyi.
Well you just have to look at the fraud cases for benefits and you can answer your own questions.
SCANDALOUS . We need a biometric ID .card before one can claim benefits . Years behind , but of course an infringement of civil liberties !
I think you are right
@@christopherblanchard2099 people who need a translator when prosecuted, how did they manage to defraud if their English is so poor?
Far more avoid Income tax, and UK VAT by setting up off shore companies and ther is not one prosecustion for that! UK people have to pay Road Tax, Council Tax, Income tax, VAT that they are better off on benefits. WHy dont you ask why we allow so many Kiwis and Aussies into the UK against the conditions of thier work permit? Oh I think you percieve them as white but most are Indian and Chinese. In a class of 30 28 Kiwis came here and I reporeted them to the the Home office not one procescution, not one was investigated! Yet when you go to thier country they will stop you and will not allow you in!
Because aussie and kiwis come to the UK the legal way. They don't break into our country by landing on our beaches in rubber dinghies that's why you Brian dead zombie
They're not fleeing war and conflict from France.
@josefina bananos true one openly was saying he was from Kenya.
But the French are better at protecting their culture and society than we are !
@@MrAvant123 true
@@MrAvant123 *Sees decapitated body*
Cultural protection
No ID card system , no registration of one's address .A paradise to go underground !
Cornish Pasties.
Nailed it.
Nah, fish n chips with mushy peas, you know it makes sense.
And they come to Hull for the patties.
and Waitrose for houmous and other dips
@@mitchverr9330 err, excuse me. And picked onions! And the odd saveloy, clearly.
To the wall?
the reason is once they come in its impossible to get them out
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS WAS OUT , THEY PULLED ME BACK IN ! (AL PACINO )
Even if the refugees and asylum seekers have genuine claims there is still a limit to how many a country can take. With the best will in the world we simply cannot keep taking these huge numbers of people
It's like trying to get 50 people into an old mini
Our country is full.
The country isn't full. It just isn't run properly because people keep voting in idiots like Boris.
It is a fact that immigrants boost the economy.
The real drain and damage to society is the rich friends of Boris not the person from Syria having a job in Tesco's
@@kevwhufc8640 the country is not full
@@monzorella1 if immigrants boost the economy then a tenfold increase will make us ten times richer.
A 100 increase a 100 times richer. A million increase a million times richer.
At what point does your bullshit theory stopping making sense.
@@monzorella1 68 million people aint full???
Because the UK is a soft touch for social welfare etc
Don't cry , take it easy.
@@user-zw5tp3qn4s not crying because we don’t have refugees, they mostly go to the UK 😝
@@Martini923 I suppose you're from Ireland because I've only seen the Irish calling benefits as "social welfare", and don't worry tons of refugees coming your way soon :) Donnelly is flat out busy with preparing medical cards and he's getting to hand the cards right on the arrival at the airport ;)
Anyways, it wouldn't make any difference if you're crying or not crying because people will still get the hand out from government and you can't do nothing about it 😛😝😜😛😝🤑
@@user-zw5tp3qn4s not Irish Swiss here
@@user-zw5tp3qn4s Thank you for sharing that information about the Irish government taking Ukrainian refugees, just looked it up, don’t see they taking any Arabs from Belarus/ Polish border, or from Calais France, Ukrainian are white Christians, blend in unlike the Arabs
Those catching smugglers have claimed its because we don't have ID cards and it's easier to go under the radar,there are videos throwing ID's away and of groups coming in from boats and disappearing without border force picking them up, this could be the route of those
This video is very generous to those coming over too,I think the public need a say in all of this really
With incomes in the UK comparable to the rest of Europe, the real answer is: language.
Many people in this world speak English. Few speak German, Dutch or Danish.
Immigrants from Western Africa who speak French want to go to France.
VERY GOOD POINT!
@Suzie.q Popcorn123
Also because your country promotes itself abroad as very tolerant!
Tolerant but divided as fuck!
Unemployed person with children gets more money than the one who works.
But then again we Dutch ( Netherlands) have many more refugees percent wise then the Uk... They don't speak Dutch but we also speak English maybe that's why?
@@cvb6089 You're racist
@@channelfive7883 the cowardly Liberal rises to her feet.
Looks around to ensure other cowardly Liberals are approving and screams
"" RACIST RACIST RACIST
sits down to thunderous applause.
They are guaranteed a certain level of quality of life yet all those in poverty or homeless are ignored and left to cope on their own. This isn't right. We should look after our own first.
Why not both?
The homeless often do get help, but sometime when they go into certain accommodations they break the rules.
@@thebobbrom7176 because it is not the UK's responsibility to take care of refugees?
@@radwooah
Then whose is it?
They're human we're human if nothing else I'd say that's enough to want to know they're safe.
@@thebobbrom7176 what is the limit?
I understood that genuine refugees should seek asylum in the first safe country they come to not dodge right across Europe until they get to the UK?
Securing a job as an immigrant world wide is really difficult, how do everyone expect us to survive
You’re right, but without working getting salaries how else can you pay your bills ?
Permit me to intrude, have you heard about an innovation called bitcoin and how a distinguished man called me Grey Thomas is helping immigrants not only in America but all around the world generate income and better their standard of living
This all sounds amazing, I would also like a slice of this pie, how can I contact him please?
Thanks for the info 🙏
@@LynaPerez-hu7nd he’s talking about securing his OWN job. That’s relying on himself you mong.
I think many English native speakers fail to understand that one major reason for people (not only refugees, but migrants generally) moving to English speaking countries is the language. For many people who only speak their native language and English it is considerably easier to start a life there than a place where they first had to learn a new language from the scratch.
And a great portion of them come from former British colonies...
@Samuel
The ottoman empire collapsed in WW1 an the UK has taken over most of the middle east for almost 20 years.
After the respective independences of those countries Britain has kept a close relationship with all of them.
Those immigrants do have connections with the UK...
Syria was one of them...
um, most of them speak some sort of french so the whole language argument doesn't make sense
@@guleiro uhm ... I am pretty sure Syria was controlled by France between the two world wars, not the UK
@@lulzyboy
Nope, most of them actually have English as second or third language...
i've been looking for this for a while, i find it quite astonishing that many people, whom belonged to formerly other european colonies also wanted to come to the UK. Remember the 39 vietnamese who hid and died of asphyxiation in a lorry? why didn't they stand at france and germany as they had already been at for a few months but take up the extra risk and ultimately died trying to get to London?
They weren't at france for a few months?????
it was a single trip on the lorry...
well you delusional if you think that only happens in the UK lol
Don't treat asylum seekers very well. I can't afford to go to a four star hotel
I certainly wouldn't want to live in one.
@@Amy-qc2qq .but
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Please back that up with evidence. Obviously there is no full scale refugee 4 star accommodation.
why? get your ass out of the bed and work
The modern western world is literally built on, having more individual freedoms, generally better qualities of government, better economies and a certain level of safety net that stops massive amounts of suffering. And yet we get surprised that people will do anything to come. Our culture is literally built on, “hey how good are we, you would be lucky to live here because we do things the right way”. Surprise surprise, people want to come. We also have several hundred years of instances where we purposely destabilise other parts of the world so we can take advantage, making other places worse places to live, again, surprise surprise, they want to come. When animals migrate, they go to where opportunities food and safety is plentiful, they don’t stay in the one place based on principle.
Completely correct, it makes Brexit hardliners look even more stupid
^^^
V12 POWER 2002 gonna be honest, they’re probably just here for benefits. And do you really hate this country so much that you’d accept people wanting to bypass all the legal ways of migrating, disrespecting all those who put in the effort to come here legally
@@matthewo5572 ok so you either flee syria with nothing more than your family and a bag of only essentials or get all the paper work, a Visa, money yo travel properly and wait in line while your bombarded with rockets
To travel* not yo travel. My mistake
3:35 The discussion always focuses on the numbers of asylum seekers and the applications for refugee status but nobody every discusses what happens to those who are refused asylum. In many cases they remain in the country but just disappear from the records because the government has no way to keep track of them.
That is the problem. It should be "To Ascension you go!".
Who gives a shit?
@@nietzschean3138... What you think? I don't. 🤷♂️
Thanking you. i am like this i come uk from france and uk not giving me benefit human right . i escaping camp now living illegal no benefit. thank you this needs changr. i wanting my benefit now
I've worked with them in my town. Every single male fell homeless at some point during the time of their application. Is that good for security? To not know where they are i mean. Our government sucks for sure. It was us British that voted them in too. Did you?
I do not accept that people risking their lives crossing the busiest shipping lane in the world are doing it because “they don’t really know”. They are also not genuine asylum seekers as in your video an asylum seeker is someone fleeing war or persecution. The entire European community is at peace. No one is persecuting them in Calais!
Firstly, there is no requirement under international or incorporated domestic British law for any asylum seekers to stay in the "first safe country" they arrive in.
Asylum seekers in Calais face extreme brutality from the police forces there, along with severe poverty, a total lack of support infrastructure, and a significant language barrier.
...then by definition they are not asylum seekers. What’s your next point.
Ben Blakesley - there are being treated so bad , they want to leave, perhaps we should do the same.
@@Charlzton absolute bollox
@@Charlzton So the UK is expected to take on what the French have not ?
We are soft as sh*t, that's why.
Tony Fisher PRECISELY! David Cameron many years ago: "I will get immigration down from the 100,000s to the 10,000s". He did nothing about it whatsoever. This country is its own worst enemy.... We ARE totally soft as shit in so many ways.
Did you watch the video or just comment based on the title?
@tonyfisher Not like the UK colonized half the world, looted, raped, murdered and tried to eradicate cultures and all the other despicable stuff.
I suppose it's not your fault your ignorant to the basic decency of helping others as the shame of the evils Britain has commited is too great for it to be taught in school. Far easier to opt for important things like King Henry's 8 wives.
You obviously didn't watch the video.
@@jackasaurasrex comedy isn't your strong point
The UK is a soft touch.
We need an ID system and a robust strategy for dealing with illegal migration or it won’t end well…
Id?
Britain needs refugee camps,assimilation schools. Or just close their borders.
Having 'fostered' around twenty Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers I can tell you that only one had any command of English, none had family here and only two showed genuine signs of trauma as cause for travelling. All but one of the genuine trauma cases lied about their age, some claiming sixteen when clearly in their middle to late twenties. All sought branded clothing, high-end mobiles and some even demanded the free house to which they believed they were entitled. Of those we have helped only one, in our judgement, showed signs of relief at his escape and gratitude toward this country for its help.
The Home Office report is deceitful and the Huffington Post is hardly a publication of impartial views. Not one of the twenty odd we have helped came from a region with a colonial connection with the UK.
As we went into fostering to help kids in trouble, we feel our good nature has been betrayed by a corrupt system run by marxist, globalist, open-door policy, staff at the Home Office, with resigned compliance from Social Services, some of whom are equally frustrated by the fraud.
Pritti Patel needs to kick these people out root and branch.
I feel you need to have your voice heard somewhere larger than the UA-cam comment section. That's quite a read and I imagine you could go into even greater depth
Having read your post, I concur with The Saint, you are clearly informed by years of experience at the most human level of the immigration process, and I hope you are able to publish your knowledge at more length and detail on another platform.
By helping these people.
You are part of the problem.
We owe them nothing.
Stop helping them
I am Saudi and I’m unhappy with what is happening in the UK💔💔💔.
Why u ppl don't take these ppl....ti your kingdom ....
Tahiti Baksh because not our business
Dragon Lee Are you muslim?
Dragon Lee are you white British?
The statement at 3:00 doesn't differentiate between those who have made an asylum claim through conventional means and those who have smuggled themself across the channel illegally. It's analogous to saying "most people who get the Tube do so in order to travel to work, so those who jump over the ticket barriers probably have a good cause for doing so".
If they were smuggling themselves they would be migrants an assylum seeker needs recognition
Good analogy Mike. It makes sense so will probably be ignored unfortunately.
"Because it's there"- Yes, Minister, 1980s
This is rubbish. I heard one economic migrant say he wanted to come because his friend
told him in Britain they give you a house, a car and money! Another one said the Queen
said if you are homeless you can come to Britain! This seems to be the quality of the
mentality of most of them. Their sense of entitlement is disgusting. One woman said she
did not like the small hotel room, she wanted a big house where they could live properly
and her son said he wanted a bid garden because he wanted a swing and a trampoline.
This is the evidence of the real reason they come here, Britain really is a soft touch.
I do a lot of driving in my job, and it's sad to see our beautiful country side been nibbled away at an alarming rate for housings, to accommodate our ever growing population, these migrants etc, are just creating the perfect storm, once settled they normally have, larger families than normal English people, the UK is just a small country, if you got in to a lift and it said maximum of 12 people you wouldn't put 20 people in, it all just boils down to common sense, the UK is full up bursting at the seems.
NOT EVEN AS BIG AS TEXAS .USA :
@@johnsmith-rs2vk it’s mostly Californians who are American citizens
@@johnsmith-rs2vk it’s mostly Californians who are American citizens
@C maybe the uk needs a australian immigration system.i actually emigrated to australia because of its fair, fit for purpose tough immigration system- no blow in criminals turning up.
Demographics my friends will be England's curse or its blessing. The 'white' Anglo Saxon is in rapid decline due to migration to warmer climes and baby boomers retiring in their millions. Due to financial constraints on family budgets less babies are being born plus there is a decline in sperm count.. For Great Britain to survive and have a vibrant economy immigration is vital. Without the workforce to pay taxes everything will literally fall apart..So those of you who reject foreigners for whatever personal reason, you should seriously have a rethink.
"I want to go there"; interesting justification for entry. I want to live in Australia - must try that reason with Australian immigration.
Isn't that the main reason? Why would you goto oz if you didn't want to?
@@pwuk you have missed the point. Immigration officials in Australia would not accept that as a good enough reason to give a person entry/residence.
@@1982lucyc have you not "watched wanted down under", the participants of that TV programme consider emigration, no one has said "well I wanted to emigrate ti Iceland, but Australia will have do"
Have you tried "do I need a conviction first?"
Don't be stupid. If your country goes through catastrophe then you choose to go to another country.
I understand you might think that Britain goes through catastrophic events, ie tories, brexSHIT etc,
by, at least, there's still peace and your life is not in danger.
Further more, if you like to go to Australia, YOU CAN! As long as you have a trade or a profession,
in many areas in Australia, you could be given monthly salary and a rent free house for a year, to help you settle in! I suggest, you contact the Australian embassy to get the relevant information.
Good luck and remember: "Australia needs you!"
"England is great, you'd be lucky to live here!"
"Cool, I'd like to live in England"
*Surprised Pikachu face
Emphasis on lucky. As in, it's a rare privilege.
The Netherlands is far better than The UK
I lived and worked and studied in UK.. Life is made of of choices I decided to leave UK and start a new profession in another EU country saying that I lived in UK over twenty years... Life is to short to wast better make the best of it we humans have a very short life better make the best of it... Wish you well and stay safe
@@appleslover Yeah it's nice and flat we have cheap cold beer to drink on the terras after a day's hard work. Ah I miss living there, The Czech has way too many mountains which are awesome but so tiresome.
@King James where do you live
As a European living in the UK l can tell you why very easily. I was shocked about how messy the UK state is. There is no population control, no IDs, no proper records - you guys have no clue who lives in your country. It is very easy to be in the UK illegally because nobody checks anything and there is no easy way of checking. And it's not only about immigration. There is no real police presence in the UK - anti social behaviour and theft are rife and nobody does anything about it and law is not enforced. Just to give tou an example - in Europe, l can call the cops when my neighbour is noisy and they sort him out in minutes. In the UK drugs were sold under my balcony and the police never came even if l called. When my South American colleague didn't renew his visa, the police picked him up from the workplace on the day after it expired and deported him because they monitor it. In the UK it's just shambles and nothing seems to work..
How come that so many are rejected, we still can't remove them from the country, and why are the French assisting them accross the Chanel and getting away with it. This is not talked about in this video.
Housing benefit and dole .
Gullible. Certain polititians know they speak to people like you and know exactly how to wynd you up like a toy to get you to vote a certain way. So Gullible we can have over 10 years of these sorts of politians in control, and have zero improvement in "immigration control". And you still don't realise you've been mugged off.
The UK has this mystical romanticism around the world which may also be a factor.
God knows why. I came back here for a job that paid better than where I was (I'm a UK native) and I can't wait to save up and climb the ladder to get back out of it.
you've got to be taking the phiss? who told you that? :P
every town and city in the UK is pretty much identical now, so depressing. shops, cafes, bars. shops, cafes, bars. shops, cafes and bars!!
J type I missed out the word ‘mystery’ as well 👀😆
As a child of the 1930 pre war years I remember the time when miners were forced to work 3 days a week while industry used imported coal and thousands on the dole were told they were too old for employment if they were more than 40 years old.Not many wanted to flee to UK.then
Reading the comments the overall factor appears it's because we don't have ID cards so the Government needs to start issuing them to all migrants.
Free housing , free medical service , free benefits, free schooling , need i say more , send them all back home !!!!
The title of the video relates to 'migrants', the first thing you do is draw a (correct) distinction between economic migrants and asylum-seekers, but you then spend the entire rest of the video talking ONLY about asylum-seekers as if they're the entirety of the problem. Now do another video looking at the economic migrants issue, and don't forget to look at how many people who are really economic migrants _pretend_ to be refugees because it increases their chances of being allowed to stay by exploiting the asylum process. A lot of Brit's concern isn't motivated by lack of concern for genuine refugees; it's motivated by concern that the asylum system is being exploited by people who don't deserve refugee status.
(Edited for clarity)
I agree, it’s the illegals either being trafficked or trying to jump the queue on legal migrants. Either way bad news
You can’t pretend to be an asylum seeker. Everyone has the right for apply for asylum.
@@princeofchetarria5375 But you can be an illegitimate asylum seeker, i.e. applying for reasons _other_ than fleeing persecution.
@@loc4725 which than will not be granted,
as you might've noticed with the numbers from india for example
@@TheMz27 That's great but you are still an illegitimate asylum seeker (or "pretend" asylum seeker as you put it).
Language, Language, Language. People that are coming are all countries that mostly speak english, almost all of them. Almost all emigrants from ex-french colonies tends to go to France.
I drive freight train to Zeebrugge, recently I picked one off the train trying to get a ride into the ferry terminal. He quickly wanted to make clear he was harmless and just wanted to get to the UK. Strangely he spoke perfect French and not a word of English. I asked him why he didn’t just go to France. He answered, because the UK doesn’t have ID cards it’s easier to stay under the radar.
@a 2345193 if i was on the titanic any life boat will do
Inglês is the most spoken language in the world.. I believe French is the second...
@@850BRICK I know longer leave in UK saying that I lived in UK for over twenty years.. It was not my case because I was young when I went to UK but most people go were because someone that they know went there.. Because they feal that it will be easy because someone else that they myte know is already there... I decided to leave UK and start a new profession in another EU country... Wish you well and stay safe...
@@jaimecosta2966 I would love to give an intelligent reply to this?????
benefits pure and simple
Free house, free money, free medical treatment, very low chance going to jail for crime
It is odd in a video titled "Why do migrants want to come to the UK?..." that migrants are then discounted and you focus on asylum seekers. There are regrettably groups that will rent out the labour of migrants who do not have the right to work or live in the UK and will profit off this work while their "employees" earn below the minimum wage and live in horrible conditions under the radar of the law. Some migrants who know their case for refugee status is weak will choose this option, others may be coerced into it. Either way, they will not submit asylum applications and so not feature in your figures. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate the content you guys produce, but it doesn't seem that this video has fully assessed the issue.
I've heard of this issue and it definitely is one. There are two problems with this however, 1 is that it is very hard to gage how many illegal migrants there are for the purpose of asylum, this being because they legally aren't granted rights to work in the UK and therefore have no UK form of ID, bank account as ID and proof of ability to work/be a resident in the UK is needed etc. Making it hard for policing on this specific issue as there is little information outside of tip offs that can help police track and measure this issue. 2, is that because of number 1, it is very hard to know the actual size of this problem. This being because without being able to have a bank account, ability to buy/rent a property and other benefits of having a bank account, it is very difficult for a migrant to feasibly live in the UK and function as a normal individual would. This isn't to say that this group is low, but there is reason to suggest it. Also it doesn't help that there is no accurate way for lack of data, to monitor how big or small this problem is and how many people fall into this group, it could be very large and equally could be very small.
Borderline click bait
That's got nothing to do with what is being discussed
I think the issue is the criminals behind this human trafficking and they are not necessarily based in EU, there is UK criminal traffickers too, I feel sorry for anybody who have to flee their home country in fear for their life
@King James "wreak havoc". Yeah because our country is failing because of a fraction of the population who have nothing to begin with. For being someone that was born here, you didn't exactly take advantage of our decent education system.
King James but they can't, most don't even get a education. Most of the countries they come from don't give their basic human rights with some terrible government. Plus this country was massively helped by people coming to help build the country and the economy
@a 2345193 liberals?? If you hadn't noticed the UK has had a right wing government for the past 10 years
It is charities.
@King James case and point.
I'm waiting for a inguinal hernia operation and my doctor told me to go private !!! I pay my taxes and national insurance unfortunately I have to suffer so a immigrant gets his health care and anice wage ...what does a british tax payer get ? Why should I go private everything about the this country is a joke we are soft touch enough is enough, I had pre op blood test and I'm still waiting ......Tony Blair caused all these problems now it's coming back to haunt the normal tax payer how disgusting 😡
They’re coming here on the ponce
Who hurt you
This video is quite dissapointing,the main reason was just in front of them...
TEA AND BISCUITS OBVIOUSLY.
And *opium*
And gravy
Jaffa Cakes. Yum!
You forgot the good ol fish and chips mate.
"Asylum seekers can wait up to six months to get a decision on their case" - no, I have worked with many people who have waited numerous years for a decision on their case by the Home Office, for one woman it took TWENTY YEARS (I am genuinely telling the truth) before she was granted leave to remain. The system we have in the UK is absolutely broken and desperately needs reform.
Not the only country with this issue.
But what concerns me more is the corrupt treatment. Like in one instance an acquaintance who works with these cases encountered. The migration officer just took the guys papers and passport and didn't give them back, claiming they had a right to keep them.
It's tough to explain the implications of this but basically they had to go to court to get this fixed and luckily they did. But it's not something that someone without good connections can do.
And it is true..... They wait more then that at times and its not acceptable at all. If they want to help them then they should do so because that person is not allowed to do anything until they get those papers.
@ivor biggun can you elaborate? why do you think that? can you provide any evidence to support your assertion?
@ivor biggun Are you really suggesting that the current UK government, having deliberately developed a 'hostile environment' policy towards immigrants under recent prime ministers, and currently with Priti Patel - one of the most openly anti-immigrant ministers in modern time - in charge of the Home Office, are proactively seeking to replace the UK's population with immigrants? I think you need to do more to explain your position if you want anyone to even consider taking you seriously.
@ivor biggun You mean by processing asylum seekers in detention centres where they are mixed in with hardened criminals? By wrongly refusing a huge number of initial asylum applications, forcing the claimants to undertake lengthy and stressful appeal procedures? By restricting or refusing access to the labour market and the welfare system? By providing sub-standard, sometimes rat-infested subcontracted temporary accommodation? By taking up to twenty years to process asylum claims? By publically denouncing human rights and immigrations lawyers who represent asylum seekers? By not providing any state-coordinated employment or integration support upon receipt of leave to remain?
I'm sorry but your argument is wildly uninformed and stinks to me like you are simply parroting what you read in the tabloids. I strongly, strongly encourage you to read up on the literature on the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees arriving in this country before arriving at any further conclusions.
The main thing I don’t understand is how these migrants get as far as they do when you would think that they have limited resources and would likely go to the first safe country they can get to and stay there. I don’t know how it is even possible to travel from outside of Europe, enter Europe without any kind of identification, then some how travel across Europe seemly with no money then end up in the northern parts of Europe. Seriously how is this even possible?
Just in my young lifetime I've watched England become unrecognizable from what it was. Streets and parks I used to play in now derelict and border up, crimes of violent and sexual natures become staggeringly more common, a general feeling of being unsafe that all correlates perfectly with the rate at which economic migrants have invaded the country since the Blair years
free money free housing this is sickening for the taxpayers?!
tbh I'm more concerned with the hundreds of billions of quid avoided by Corporations, the nearly 100 Billion quid corporate welfare bill each year, and the fact our government just used the coronavirus as an excuse to hand billions more to rich mates. Compare with the few million we spend every year being decent human beings (and probably karmic-warranted considering Britain's colonial crimes).
It's understandable to begrudge others "free stuff" when your belt is so tight. But it's not the reason your belt is so tight - that would be the boorish mass of privately-educated landed gentry who we let run the country for some weird reason repeatedly ripping off us dirty peasants.
They don’t get free money or housing unless it is from the church or other community group.
@@Escarii66 “few million”.
Here’s a question, why is it one or the other for you? Why not both?
Seems to me you spend far too long having your opinions told to you through social media rather than thinking about them.
The only reason why we let soo many migrants in Slovenia is because we're using then for construction work
The graph only speaks about asylum applications per population. Though I guess they could be applying while taking on construction work.
The way I read it I thought you meant you were using the migrants as building materials.
You didn't pay attention. Migrants aren't refugees or asylum seekers.
@@berlindude75 Ik what's the difference, but Albanians, Bosnians, Serbs(which are all refugees) and migrants, mostly work(if they work) for construction works.....you almost never see Slovenians doing construction works lol
They want houses and benefits
If you have a room to spare for them lol
No thanks. They’re all yours 😂😂
@@GeminiLeo6 Lol no Im good thanks keep em in your back garden 😆
Ask yourselves - would they let us in their countries?
If some one is granted asylum, this is not an automatic right to stay permanently in the UK.
There application will be reviewed every 5 years, if their country is deemed to now be safe they will be returned, or should I say SHOULD be returned.
But our border agancy is so unfunded they in all likelyhood get lost in the system, and as we don't have a robust ID system in the UK they just disappear.
There are thousands more people living in the UK who came here perfectly legally, but just never went home when their visas ran out.
I was only planning to stay 6 months in London to earn some money and to be better at speaking english and have never dreamed about staying for longer. Heck, I didn't even like English people that time because I thought they all just a bunch of aristocrat with top hats.
And that was just about 13 years ago...
Note: I never needed visa
@@Gourmondise
Do you think that was fair?
There's a difference between someone who overstays their visa and a refugee who's status doesn't get reviewed because the border agency is underfunded.
What if you get a job in those 5 years? Could you turn your refugee visa into a work visa?
If they are here for five years they will have put down routes and probably have at least the start of a family and be able to stay because of their right to a family life.
From my understanding, the bureaucratic process in other European countries is much longer and more difficult then the UK process. Also it's easier to work in the UK without having the right papers (like ID) and stuff.
Well, if you do not legally have the right to work in the UK then you would be illegally working and the employer would also be charged with a crime. I do not really see how it's easier than anywhere else if you find an employer willing to look the other way on your right to work status. If you do not have a UK passport or a visa (or an EU passport for now) then you cannot legally be employed.
@@ukmaximost migrants are legal..
But for those who aren't, unfortunately there's a whole grey and black economy, with illegal employers who are happy to pay in cash for work and who don't ask for a copy of a passport when starting. Besides it means for the employer they can pay a lower wage and avoid those troublesome employee protections and regulations.
And if you've already illegally entered the country you're not going to worried about being employed illegally.
@@ukmaxi It's much harder to hide illegal employee and tenants here.
To get paid for a job you need a bankaccount (it's illegal to pay the minimum wage portion of your wages in cash). registered in the in the local administration requires a permit to stay. This permit also has to be checked and filed by your employer or the person you rent a home from.
If you hire some illegally in the UK you get charged with a crime, if you do it here you get charged with several, many of which are relatively easy to prove.
*EU-nationals don't require this permit so they can just use their national ID to register.
while this may(or may not) be true a poor Syrian immigrant wouldn't know that
@2manynegativewaves
To be able to work in a factory in the UK you'll need to have a personal national insurance number, proof of address and a valid passport (EU or one with an authorization of residence).
It's not as easy as you say...
Because we are mugs!! They pass through half a dozen safe countries to get here for god sake. Stop Benefits!!!
Yea the whole GCHQ system has you trapped in their matrix lol, just wait till they require you to have a chip to buy goods anything the media tells you is like that TV screen that goes its the fun of happy days lol
But they don't come from Libya or Syria. They come from France. Nobody in France is living in fear for their lives, so 100% should be returned to France.
Many countries are helping these unfortunate people. Did you not hear? France is helping more than their fair share...more than UK.
@@tao6085 Good job you didn't go to Australia! Look at it now, full on Marxist!!
To be honest they should go somewhere that is of similar culture to their own. Better for them, better for us, better for everyone.
NO HAND OUGHTS FOR IMMIGRANTS ( ;
Asylum seekers are obliged to claim in the first safe country they enter. For the large majority who enter Europe, that country is Turkey or Italy.
you have got this wrong. They want too come to England not the UK !!!! They want too come here for easy money !!!!
Genuine thanks for this video. I'd often pondered on the questions posited here.
The money difference between France and UK. You didn't mention NHS (FREE HEALTHCARE)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought France also had free health care?
@@ag2832 the French have to pay a compulsory Health Insurance
@@ag2832 goverment pays ~ 80% of procedures. you pay the remainder
Many of us KNOW the reason. (My daughter is a resident in France) In France, those who have NOT contributed to the system get nothing out. Illegals will not be housed, paid, receive healthcare in France BECAUSE they DON'T qualify. That's the reason they come here. Whilst a member of the EU, politicians often referred to "what other EU countries did and how they were so successful".......Why didn't those same politicians ensure we ran our country on similar, well managed, strict lines. eg The healthcare system in France is very good. Everyone pays into it and benefits FAIRLY. If you don't pay you don't get. I asked my daughter why we haven't / didn't adopt a similar system here. She said "the British Government felt it would take too long to implement". (how long is 'too long' ? ) I responded " It would be a once and for all cost.
It didn't happen. Some / whichever government MUST do something to ensure a similar system here. Let that be THEIR legacy.
Most of the people I knew as I worked with them for more than 5 years they applied for British passports and left the country immediately some of them went to Canada-USA and some went back to Africa. No respect shown at all to Britain and all I heard is negative things how everything bad is.. None of them really want to work and they prefer to get benefits and maybe in addition they get some ‘illegal jobs’ without paying tax. I am not british myself.
Spot on.
Probably Because We Have Greggs
yo i like Greggs!
they're choosing us because of our amazing cuisine™
You mean Pie and Mash, Sunday roast
Don’t be silly ,,,not good enough ,,,,they like hotels where they enjoy themselves Free !
YOU HAVE FORGET ABOUT the NHS and THE DENTIST
@@3izziwizz3 Which is also under the NHS which the residents of UK work all there lives to have the right too. Unlike in most european countries where the Dentist is private the residents would pay out of their OWN POCKET!!!!!!
That’s an easy question to answer, Britain is a soft touch and makes it to attractive to come to Britain.
Because our government has shown them an open door to pass through unrestricted and unchecked,followed by free board and lodge for the rest of their life. Easy!
They shouldn't be allowed into the country unless they are fleeing war. Too many are economic migrants
So you agree with the video then?
@@warrenbradley161 parts of it
Why should they be allowed if they fleeing war? Shouldn't they stay in nearby countries like Turkey and Libya for Syria? We can help them financially, it's going to be cheaper than paying for housing and maintenance here
Malcolm Christopher what parts don’t you agree with?
It's not possible to flee war and arrive in the UK illegally. You have to land in other safe countries first to get to the UK. Therefore you are no longer fleeing war but migrating illegally from a safe country.
Interesting points raised, as usual but it feels a bit disjointed compared to other TLDR posts. After establishing a clear difference between Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants, TLDR then go on the only use data for Asylum seekers whilst interchanging the terms throughout which may just be semantics but equally, having taken the trouble to establish the difference, consistently using the stated definitions would make it clearer. Also the title should, based on the content, be "Why do Asylum seekers want to come to the UK". It would be interesting, if any meaningful data exists, to see a similar video around migrants, which is where I perceive the Farages of this world tend to get a bit over excitable.
One issue I would have like to have seen at least acknowledged if not addressed here is illegal arrival modes clearly chosen to circumvent formal immigration processes and as such prevent an immediate opportunity to seek refuge or asylum. Circumventing immigration surely ultimately cannot help the individual? The only people really benefiting from the current situation being being criminal gangs facilitating such crossings to make cash from misery. Perhaps that's a much bigger subject and would be hard to put together a meaningful piece due to limited reliable data, I have no idea.
I think you are missing the essence when you say " Circumventing immigration surely ultimately cannot help the individual" because it jumps the queue for processing and put them in-country where they then have the advantage
There are 2 legal routes to migration, you can be a politician & use Diplomatic Immunity or you can put enough money in your bank to support yourself for a year, put a similar amount into the NHS, get a very well-paid job here & then buy a visa.
That's it. No other legal routes.
You can only claim asylum in person in this country which, by definition, means you _have_ to enter illegally to claim asylum.
Yes, this video seemed extremely agenda-driven. I wonder whether someone is paying them to post this tripe.
You did not cover the fact that there is no deportation in the UK so it is irrelevant if they are refused asylum, the UK is a safe bet especially for immigrants that have been refused asylum in other countries even foreign nationals who are convicted of crimes are not deported.
Valid point. However, many other EU countries can't do anything about migrants that throw away their passport and become stateless. There are UN laws that prohibit deportation of stateless people, and grant them all kinds of rights such as naturalization. Which is of course completely utopian and impractical. Government should recognize people by their language, accent, religion, etc and then just deport them if originating from a safe country.
Where are the getting the £3000 to £5000 from to pay the traffickers to get them here, it must really be worth their while to get here.
They are not refugees, they are economic migrants. Let’s have it right pal
Free flat, free healthcare, free education, free cash.
Until their application is resolved they get a bunk bed in a dorm and 5 pounds a day to survive. If they are refused, they get jack shit, and if they are accepted they get nothing more than any other UK resident.
Anyone who arrives in the UK illegally /irregularly should never be given residency or the right to family reunion. Criminal acts must not be rewarded.
They are rewarded in soft in the head britain
One word ------ Benefits!
Beneclits
3000 more signatures needed to get this issue discussed in parliament. Tell your mates.
There's 48,000 in hotels at the moment
Even if it was 0, do you really believe you would get more wage or affordable housing? For that you need a trade union and another government, getting rid of immigrants isn't changing that.
Aaron Okeanos Yes, actually we would. Immigrants work for less so drive down wages. They also put pressure on housing, driving up prices. Without them wages would be higher and housing cheaper.
@@spencerwilton5831 Those are right-wing lies designed to pick the wrong target for your anger.
The reason why the housing market has gone mad is because within 10 years of Tory Austerity not a single council house has been build by them. Why? Well they are the owner of property and they are the landlords taking your rents. They want neither cheap alternatives, nor reduced real estate prices nor reduced rents. So instead of 10.000 houses per year, they build only a handful and in some years even none.
And wages: Yes they pay the immigrants often even less, but they are actually breaking the law with it. And the poor soul getting the job for even less than minimum work under slave conditions.
And they make you pick on them, so you
a) Do not start to target the government and decide to give someone actually want to improve you life your vote (Labour)
b) Do not start to target your bosses paying you and the other poor soul less than minimum wage (and the government helping them even)
c) That you do not join together in Trade Unions making them pay what they are due
They have you exactly where they want you. Enslaved to their rent, their real estate prices making it impossible to get your own, their control of the real estate market and prices and their standard of living on your poverty. And you picking on the poor soul besides you getting even worse conditions than you get.
The Eastern European countries are the least popular. Unsurprising given these economies are either weak with low wages, low levels of English language use, or are completely corrupt, and therefore the least tolerable and tolerating.
Eastern Europe has got its head screwed on where third world migration is concerned.
Because they get it all for nothing !
Everyone of them has applied for PIP disability benefits for PTSD which if awarded at the higher rates would take their income to over £180 pw.
I have many medical issue work pass 20 yrs legally and refused pip.....
No doubt they'll get it , in this soft in the head country
Just look at the place in West Kensington London big block of posh flats paying £12000 a month housing benefit some one making money most on universal credit some getting £5000 a month to live on why not come to u.k
@@nolanaldridge429 dead right, I bet they're not worried about their gas and electric bills, or food
You didn't mention an important part for regular migrants: They also want to come because the UK doesn't require you to register yourself at the local council in order to be able to do nearly anything, like most EU nations do. This makes it very easy to work in the UK illegally (because entering legally is not an option for everyone).
@@Katzian obviously they don't and work cash in hand. Stop being an idiot.
How the hell can they get benefits? That would require them being on the radar lol
Presumably if you are in a boat in the Channel and get picked up by the coast guard/border force you can't just disappear? I would hope that they are all basically forced to enter the asylum system or be deported immediately? Or am I missing something? I guess if you are smuggled on a truck then it's a different story.
@@Katzian This question goes over the heads of many. They cannot claim that migrants are "taking benefits" unfairly, while at the same time claiming that they are "off the radar". Which is it?
Why would you want to do that? So you can earn less than minimum wage, live in fear of being discovered and have no access to benefits, healthcare or education for your children. Doesn't sound like something people would dream of.
How can any of them have legitimate cause to remain when they have already traveled through safe Europe . They should have applied in the first safe country they arrived in. In theory we shouldn't get any applications of people who have travelled across Europe to get here
They should be escourted back to that first country
So I get up every morning to work and pay taxes for these people to live for free?
Great motivation!
Just because refugee status is being granted, it doesn’t mean it is being rightly granted. How do these people who come with little belongings prove their legitimate reason to migrate? It’s cheaper and easier for the UK to just let them in
I guess there is the fear that it would significantly increase the number of so called "living standard refugees" going to UK. People who don't actually need a refuge but just want better life for themselves which makes it more difficult to help the people who need more help and actually have had to leave their homes for the fear of their lives.
@@jokuvaan5175 So fleeing for your life is not fleeing to a better living standart?
I really hate that "economic refugee" strawman argument.
@@christopherg2347 some of the refugees ARE just coming for higher living standards and not out of fear of their lives
@@user-hv6gi9ux6z Can you refer to me the source of this information? I'm currently researching the pandemic's impact on it, and would help me to get a better picture of the "before" to compare with the "after".
We always hear the stories about the poor and oppressed. These I have sympathy with. Just wonder how many get off a plane in Paris dump their passport and claim asylum.. Looking at many of the images they don't look poorly fed or clothed. I saw one boatload all wearing brand new £150 self inflating life jackets. This looks like a set up, No self respecting crime lord would shell out for stuff like that. So the question Who is paying and why?
"Why Do Migrants Want to Come to the UK?"
Turkey: First time?
Our generosity to migrants claiming Asylum has long been abused well past time the door was shut regardless.
The pavements have no gold the people are getting poorer because of high prises .They must be mad coming from France to this .Me I was born here I can not wait to get out of the UK .
Sorry but there better life makes my grandchildren's worse in the future .
Because after kicking the colonial powers out and squabbling for years. They realised that for all it's faults. The British system 'just works'
(I'm an Aussie, living under basically a British style government and while not perfect, it's better than most alternatives)
Jordan
I am an international student in the UK and can agree on this
I guess this is why former British colonies in general do much better than french or Spanish ones
The problem here is that for example asylum seekers from Syria were kicked out methodically in order to change demographics to be more aliened with the ruling minority alawite so you have refuges/asylum seekers that when accepting them allows the crime to continue unabated. Instead of the world taking military action to topple the Syrian regime it assists it in changing demographics of it's own country in a geocidal manner. The problem is not the refugees it is Assad.
When that person (most are young men not families with women and children) leaves his country of war and lands in a safe country. He is no longer in danger for his life. Needing no protection. Should be returned to the last safe country he left. When you arrive in the UK from France you should be returned to France the same as anyone entering Canada from the USA should be returned to the USA. Then apply through the correct channels like anyone else. I agree that anyone our country has removed from danger and placed in camps for protection. We need to get the people that is men women and children to Canadian soil ASAP.