Adam Hills Asks for Compassion Following Another Refugee Tragedy | The Last Leg

[@ynneper]

I hate that SO many ‘older’ people I know want to retire and then move to other countries in Europe for a ‘nice time’ because they have raised their kids and made their money… yet they’d complain when a refugee family want to escape a war torn country and risk their lives to have a better life so they can raise their kids somewhere safe and actually make money and live their lives.

[@jomathieson1679]

There isn't much about brexit and the rise of outward nationalism and racism I find funny... However ...the news articles focusing on "expats" who were being deported from Spain, whilst voting FOR Brexit, and whining about their actions having consequences was absolutely hilarious to me

[@stephanieterry8844]

France is a safe country not a war zone

[@peanutbutterbruv]

I am a Brit living in Portugal and that attitude is rife.

[@CatherineAKennedy]

This is a world community, and all decent people appreciate you speaking on this - and so humanely ... HEARTBREAKING

[@andrewjohnson6716]

Alex is right. When this is discussed saying “what about people here?” is a specious argument. When you ask the same people who say that “okay, let’s do something about the people here.” suddenly they don’t care about that anymore.

[@exessex3522]

I always feel that the kind of people who go on such desperate and dangerous journeys are the kind of people who are prepared to do something about their situation - which is laudable. However, they are probably also the kind of people needed to to improve the situation they're fleeing from. It's a great pity that they feel that any attempt to do so would risk the lives of their families. I agree with Josh. Those of us who were fortunate enough to be born in a relatively safe and stable country should be grateful and not whinge over trivial matters.

[@travelwell6049]

Additionally, desperate people are taken advantage and often pay thousands of pounds to traffickers who make all sorts of promises about the journey and probably assure them it will be a safe crossing.

[@iangascoigne8231]

How can they improve the situation?

[@AlBundyOz]

@@iangascoigne8231 exactly! I suppose they will have to depose murderous dictators then set-up the knitting classes and Subway stores............

[@kirstygunn9149]

I wouldn't have my beautiful family without refugees, my husbands dad was a Ugandan Indian that was forced from his home in the 70s and settled in Leicester fell in love with his white British mother .I met my husband and now we have two amazing teenage boys .

[@stevencarr4002]

Why did racist Black countries kick out Asian immigrants?

[@davetompkins7840]

@@stevencarr4002 the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin stoked up racial tensions between various different ethnic groups as a way of maintaining power. Uganda had a sizable Indian population at the time due to the British Empire shipping Indian workers there to build railways in the 1890s. By the 1970s the Indian minority was relatively wealthy so made an easy target for Amin.

[@brunettekoala]

Well said all of you!!!

[@RIXRADvidz]

if you still live in the town or village in which you were born you are a local, other than that, everyone is from somewhere else. A lot of people don't stay in the same place for very long, they move on. Very few every arrive at a place and settle down permanently. Local Whiners should be glad there are people to do their service work, offy, green grocer, tesco checker, post delivery, etc.

[@clowncarqingdao]

You folks rock and roll and empathise. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@DanielDinhCreative]

We should really be hearing these opinions from actually refugees who have been in the UK for decades, but sadly their opinions wouldn't be taken as seriously as 5 white men/women. My family escaped Vietnam in the 70s to Australia, because the only other option was actual death. My aunt almost died just getting onto the boat with the rest of the family. To even suggest that refugees are trying to take advantage of anything is insulting at best, and deadly at worst.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

The home secretary is the daughter of immigrants from Uganda/India, and she's the one pushing this hostile environment!!

[@travelwell6049]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 I think Priti Patel forgets that sometimes. But we saw the same from Kamala Harris in America telling Mexicans to just stop coming. 🤦‍♀️

[@stevencarr4002]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 Idi Amin expelled them from Uganda. Racist Black countries did not want Asian immigrants. Freddie Mercury came here from Zanzibar because of the genocide there against non-Blacks.

[@famousstranger8468]

You racist man Daniel. All people are treated the same it doesn't matter if it's 5 white people in that studio it's about what they are saying

[@andrewjohnson6716]

You are right, we should. That is the kind of communications we should be having on this topic. Until that time comes, we can admire that some people who enjoy a position of influence and privilege are using those advantages to try and help that time in arriving.

[@lilyofshalott]

I know this is old, but for those questioning why the people were trying to leave France for the UK: 1) many had a relative or friend in the UK- if you were forced from your home, I'd imagine you'd prefer to resettle with some kind of support network, and 2) many of them spoke some English, and saw themselves as having more links with the UK than France. Also, because of Brexit, there were (and are) far more opportunities for a better life in the UK compared to the already migrant flooded countries on the mainland. They also often had little knowledge of the various laws regarding each country, whereas Britain/UK is more visible or familiar on the world stage, and as Adam pointed out in the clip, they couldn't be deported as easily from the UK

[@marion3386]

Brilliant! They have said the what we should DO!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@rosehill9537]

There is no illegal asylum seeker. They have the right to seek asylum by any means. This needs to be stated over and over to all pollies world wide understand it.

[@angelaburrow8114]

I wish I could upvote every single comment made on this video a thousand times. I've been saying for years that this country, both politicians & some of the public are turning more hateful, xenophobic & inhumane. We're happy to start wars in these countries or to fan the flames to make others do so, but completely unwillingly to deal with the tragic consequences. I know we didn't start the war in Aleppo, but you cannot tell me we're innocent in other places, plus the world could have done more to try to change things in Syria. Even those who we are morally obliged to help, such as Afghan translators for our army, have been thrown aside to be hunted down like rats by the Taliban. This current government is the most corrupt & morally bankrupt I have seen in my lifetime. This has to stop. We used to be a country proud of our reputation & integrity, now we're the laughing stock of the world & a byword for corruption & xenophobia. I'm thoroughly disgusted by our government & those who voted for them in the first place & who continue to support them.

[@gina333]

So important

[@hannahmillington5781]

Nicely said, unfortunately the number of kind British people seems to be in decline

[@nektekket852]

Sadly, I think you're right. Take care ❤

[@brianmeek5236]

Many refugees hope is to one day return to their home country

[@livb6945]

Yes! Also a very important point that's often overlooked.

[@CurrieNerd]

Link to the survey, please.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Exactly.

[@TheGennen]

The best way to decrease illegal immigration is to increase the quota for legal immigration. If it were easier for people to enter legally, they would be less likely to risk their lives trying to come over illegally.

[@johnsmith9903]

Scorched earth against RAdicalism is to take all the people from the war zones that want to leave and there are no people for the crazies to recruit by force.

[@billybollockhead5628]

Of course, the hatred has nothing to do with colour of their skin…

[@CurrieNerd]

Probably not. The hate would be there for anyone foreign. You're likely to find more hate for the French in Britain, than anyone from further afield.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Or how much money people will be bringing, look at the huge welcome mat for up to 3 million Hong Kong BNO passport holders.

[@gregorchard7881]

Ive lived there. These poor people are desperate.....

[@Vio818]

The RNLI is a charity. They have saved my life when I was a dumb teenager in the south sailing out too far in rough waters. They saved my mate who got drunk and fell off the end of a pier. They Save you no matter who you are or what you doing. If I got saved when being a dumb little shit head dunk swimming in the shipping lane. Then Refugees who desperately need help so they and their children don't die then the RNLI will save them because they are heroes who will literally save anyone. If questions ask of how you got into trouble or who you are.

[@CurrieNerd]

They aren't just courting the xenophobes, they're causing them.

[@adde9506]

This really has me wondering what's so wrong with France that people are going to such lengths to leave there and go to what is, compared to where they came from, essentially the same place.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

Omigosh, I am so in love with this lot. Well said one and all. And to all those wittering on about why asylum seekers don't stay in France etc and so forth I have not heard or seen anything about the fact that the UK is allowing up to 3 million Hong Kong BNO passport holders the right to live in your country, hummm - is it about money one wonders!

[@dansomething7742]

Are any of them going to mention the elephant in the room? France isn't a war torn country, it's a "relatively safe western country". I agree in principle but they are choosing to move through several safe nations to try and come here. Whether we should try and take more (we should) is a debate to be had but no one is forcing these people to try and cross the channel. Also, David Mitchell is exactly right.

[@norbertcolon5215]

If it was about fleeing a war torn hell hole, you'd stop at the first safe country, not head straight towards the UK. We're a soft touch and they know it all too well

[@robertallen6013]

i was in a french camp talking to a woman with children trying to get to britain she was a doctor in syria swop her for farage any day

[@aemenbarnbrook9153]

I love the bullshit button… also love the fact that they all said the government needs to pull their heads out….

[@davewilson9738]

What it boils down to is people wanting to give their families safety. We can remove the Great from Britain without any qualms.

[@stevencarr4002]

Mali, Somalia, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Ethiopia, Great Britain - which country is the best for Black people to live in?

[@Lezzyboy87]

Wtf are you on about?

[@clarissagafoor5222]

@@Lezzyboy87 I know....sigh :'-/ there's always one!

[@margaretnicol3423]

Would those people need to come here if it hadn't been for UK/US interference in their countries/governments in the first place??? If there is any blame going around those governments should look in their mirrors!

[@errorcrj110]

Okay, being a jerk to asylum seekers and refugees is just boiler plate xenophobia, I get it. But to villify the volunteer forces doing their jobs and saving people from drowning is utterly unfathomable. By comparison, thousands of sailors fighting on both sides in the World Wars were saved by their ostensible enemies. If the men and women of the past could see past their differences then, why can't we do the bare minimum now?

[@stephanieterry8844]

They are coming from France is not a war zone its a safe country

[@stieffy2008]

Those people coming over here taking what they can....what did the armies take from those people?

[@snellsnell7490]

The ignorant will stand there and say they’re taking my job if they’re taking your job away from you being people who do not speak the language who don’t know the culture and are not the religion of that country if they’re taking your job your job wasn’t worth having in the first place

[@stinkypete368]

Most middle class out of touch comment I've ever seen, if their jobs were being taken away, it's because migrants are easier to exploit for cheaper labour

[@abegarfield7638]

Also, if anyone can take your job, under any circumstances, then you are very bad at your job. You can't be dispensed with if you're indispensable.

[@kazuya9288]

@@stinkypete368 Minimum Wage is set by government not refugees, so in real terms British Workers and Immigrants would work for the same wage and an employer would employer those with a work ethic which tends not to be native British people

[@stinkypete368]

@@kazuya9288 So you want to build an economy based on exploiting people willing to work for peanuts so you can get your cheap comsoomer products, nice one.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

@@kazuya9288 OMG are you kidding me with this ludicrous comment? Tearing vulnerable people to shreds for scraps the exploiters toss on to the floor. "Work ethic" my bum! And you English sucks - employers employer?

[@svenblubber5448]

It's a tragedy, but once they arrive in Europe they have successfully fled the war to safety. I dislike France as much as anyone, but trying to move on to Britain is no longer fleeing, it's migrating. They're already in possibly safest and richest area in the world....

[@chrishicks7946]

Wow DM hot under the collar, what a debate 😀

[@rob-24971]

Then stay in France.

[@markchapman1757]

They navigated many SAFE COUNTRIES, to get to UK. If they can afford £10000 to get on a dinghy. Why not come through the LEGAL ROUTE. surely that's cheaper.

[@ckb6091]

what a pity to hear these jokers AIRING a dangerous point of view.

[@keithpanton7486]

Dangerous to air facts that Johnson, Farage, Talkradio and the newspapers don't like?

[@nektekket852]

Facts are like kryptonite to a Tory...

[@jonb4155]

Yeah, asking people to show compassion to other human beings who are not as fortunate as ourselves is incredibly dangerous. We wouldn't want to be decent people, would we?

[@dnb55]

Mind numbing. Did they get in the dingy in the war zone, Syria? No, a perfectly safe country.... France.

[@blankblank4642]

The big oil countries can afford to build cities to take care of these people, this is a simple fact, nearest safe country could be Dubai.

[@robertglennon657]

If France had done what we have paid 54 million to do we would not have this problem.

[@aodmank21]

Yet the money those 3 earn they could build a refugee centre...they are all talk...dont be confused by the fake sympathy to get views lol

[@Lezzyboy87]

That is such a dumb argument.

[@jonb4155]

Ah yes. Because it is their responsibility to house refugees, rather than the responsibility of our government. Yes, that makes sense. Idiot.

[@BDFProtector]

Why do they cross so many safe countries to get to the U.K., the pass so many safe borders, but we in the U.K. are the softest touch. It’s about time we stood our ground now

[@wich1]

Apparently, they know some English, but not other European languages, which makes life easier on them, it is relatively easy to stay in the UK illegally with no nationwide citizen registration and no compulsion to carry ID, so a low risk of being deported if asylum doesn’t work out, and finally with both Brexit and Covid there is a relatively high demand for the kinds of jobs they could fulfill. Or, so I’ve heard.

[@lesleyb5591]

I've heard a few reasons why people head for Britain. 1) it's apparently easier to work illegally here than it is in the rest of Europe so the people smugglers know if they get migrants into Britain then the migrants are more likely to get work and the people smugglers can take a generous cut from their wages. So the people smugglers tell the migrants lies such as everyone who gets to Britain automatically gets asylum but other countries will automatucally send you back. 2) Many migrants are coming from places where there's no welfare state and believe that if they don't find work they won't survive. As English is the foreign language they're most likely to know they think the U.k is the only place they'll be able to get a job. 3) Some of them are so paranoid with fear they believe their home country's government can still get to them in mainland Europe. I heard about an Iranian man who believed if he stayed in France Iranian government agents could cross into Turkey, then cross into Europe via the Bosphorus then travel easily across the EU to get to him. He said ideally he would prefer to go to Canada or the U.S.A but if that wasn't possible the U.K would be OK.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

@@lesleyb5591 you're forgetting the propaganda English speaking countries have been spreading for years that they are so great, through movies. They paint a rosy "streets paved with gold" picture that people buy into (why they want to.learn English, the "language of opportunity

[@keithpanton7486]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 Johnson and his band of criminals are actually working hard to make Britain shit and put people off coming here.

[@iangascoigne8231]

Did you watch the film? Britain isn’t a soft touch.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Large parts of Syria are fine. Large parts of the Middle East are fine. These people have come through about 7 countries to this small over crowded island. My part of East London is completely unrecognisable. I've seen the rise of crime and radical I slam. Also immigration is capitalism importing an over supply of labour in, which is a race to the bottom for the working class.

[@kazuya9288]

It's a pity we can do an exchange program and send you there

[@Maerahn]

I'm sorry, but are you actually trying to say "They just don't appreciate what they've got over in those countries - you wanna see a REAL war-torn, poverty-stricken hell-hole? Come look at my East London Suburbia!" From the comfort of your computer, or whatever you typed this comment on, you're seriously trying to suggest that their lives are peachy compared to yours?

[@Charlotte-wx4jz]

Yes I’m sure you are absolutely helpless in your part of East London, with all those bombs being dropped on you, or the chance you might be blown up walking down the street, sorry to hear you’re starving. You do realise that not ALL the refugees come to this country? In fact I believe Sweden has the best Refugee policy in Europe and is in the top 10 in the world. Germany is also high on the list. We barely even make the grade. Everyone saying ‘they come here because we are the easy touch’ not a chance. I think you have you facts mistaken. Yes they may be out of their war torn country but living in often damp, half furnished flats, this often leading to illness. Not speaking the language, being treated like crap by everyone around you just for existing. Oh I forgot one thing you can’t read this message, you living in you terrible, unrecognisable part of East London…. Your internet must have been bombed out by now. 😳

[@12daleks]

Yeh you could do that but I don't think the gentleman is a member of a terrorist group is he.

[@nektekket852]

Speaking as an East End native, naaaah mate, don't know where you're living, but my family have lived here for 500 years or so, and the East End has always had a large immigrant population, including some of my family. I have great neighbours. Give your head a wobble mate...