UK migration: Kurdish asylum seeker family tell of terrifying journey across the Channel

[@JustAskingForAFriendOfAFriend]

Why did they need to seek asylum from france? They came from france, not Kurdistan, because Britain has no border with Kurdistan

[@pallascat1743]

Kurdistan doesn't exist as a nation-state.

[@spudspuddy]

channel tunnel train cheap and fast SEND THEM BACK

[@0Er0]

There is no kurdistan

[@maxy-sp7cn]

Nobody forced them, and they shouldn't be here. They were already in a safe country when they arrived in France.

[@Kurdcraft2025]

As a Kurd I live in Madrid Spain holding a residency with no problem I didn’t asylum seek 🇪🇸👍

[@ticktock79]

Last time the news did a piece like this half the family turned out to be convicted rapists, lets hope that doesn't happen again eh

[@SamuelBlack84]

Is this Sky's attempt to elicit sympathy.from me? A poor, defenceless family bravely making a dangerous journey to claim some semblance of peace to escape a terrible fate Nice try 😏

[@ClydeB1]

No one invited them to make that journey! They're unwanted guests!

[@adamjones7276]

I agree FULLY 101% & I’m NOT a Christian by the way in case somebody branded me RACIST etc.

[@6Tabazan6]

Refugees welcome ❤

[@T5Zplayer]

@@6Tabazan6 Leaving their country to rot?

[@azillliasmith2734]

@@6Tabazan6no they are not ❤

[@stephencollins9062]

Unknown unvetted potential security risks who are also a financial drain on our systems.

[@sonofsomerset1695]

Well done Sky, youve managed to find one family, doesnt change the fact they're still criminals breaking the law.

[@Jim-hw6rv]

Oh get lost Sky.

[@lynnebarkas6906]

The 1st question I want to ask. Why risk your lives crossing the Channel. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal. And so on. WHY UK. only honest answers please.

[@AndrewD-t1n]

Greed

[@AndrewD-t1n]

They were already in a safe country? What were they fleeing from in France? Please don’t try and pull on our heart strings when the only reason they made the journey is because they get better hand outs here. If they want to risk their lives because of greed, then that’s on them. So pathetic

[@paulmarsh7767]

correct, must be a difficult decision choosing which country to go "on holiday "too

[@LeslieMartin-f2z]

Worth it though. Free housing, medical care, plenty of benefits while not looking for work. Well done.

[@delfine7163]

What country in the world offers benefits like these?

[@JustAskingForAFriendOfAFriend]

What are they allegedly running away from, france is not that bad

[@mcfcguvnors]

Kurdistan isnt either they got massive aid from us the USA & even Iran

[@Un-Woke]

@@mcfcguvnorswelllllllll. Used be nice. 😂

[@Gambit771]

But it still is France.

[@helenport1631]

Why didn't they stay in France, roof over their head.

[@Rachel_M_]

Nobody forced them to take that journey. People choose to take risks every day, at work on the roads... ... And some of them don't finish the day they began.

[@paulmarsh7767]

risk and reward, thinking of a holiday in France this year,and returning by boat with no ID. then sell the story to SKY for a wedge.

[@20alphabet]

No sympathy. They weren't invited.

[@nolackin3801]

I invited them

[@Angelcynn-x9m]

@@nolackin3801 🤡

[@Gambit771]

​@@nolackin3801You don't count.

[@nolackin3801]

@Gambit771 i pay taxes, so these people can come.

[@CanonTogger717]

Stop giving them hand outs and they won’t want to come here

[@robertcreighton4635]

Zero sympathy.

[@StarSprangledBanner]

Human migration is as old humanity. Your sympathy or lack of it has no bearing on human nature.

[@victoriandave4823]

​@StarSprangledBanner Were borders and laws formed at the beginning of humanity?

[@nostro1940]

UK, take note how Germany does it

[@kerwalker4246]

Clearly not difficult enough….just saying

[@Luton-Mick]

Absolutely no Donald Ducks to given.

[@nostro1940]

KURDISTAN to UK 5000 km

[@Rachel_M_]

99% on dry land.

[@BT-ss4fz]

Kurdistan doesnt exist😂

[@timg1246]

​@@BT-ss4fzYes, it does.

[@nostro1940]

@@BT-ss4fz So these kurds don't exist?

[@BT-ss4fz]

@@nostro1940 kurds exist love kurdistan doesnt.. not every ethnicity has a country.

[@Saxon-Seax]

Mass deportations.

[@timg1246]

"We might live, we might die". Interesting. Give me a minute.

[@AnthonyD-yy2in]

It's going to be a difficult life for them in Britain too.

[@paulmarsh7767]

not as difficult as it will be for the British taxpayer to absorb yet another cost FFS

[@nigeladams8508]

The question is why Britain? There are other safe countries

[@lindamorris4542]

Free housing, pocket money , nice new phones, free dentist and doctors.

[@Wodens-Wolf]

The traitors in parliament facilitate this.

[@callumbratton5439]

take a safer journey elsewhere.

[@vestagirl8484]

They want the freebies. They want to conquer the UK - they’re nearly there.

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

INVADERS

[@hughjohns9110]

If the journey was terrifying (surprise surprise), why did he make it instead of applying for asylum in the EU?

[@eileenspamer]

con artist then on to ireland for bigger benefits while irish freeze

[@t0mhd572]

Criminals

[@T5Zplayer]

Go back

[@jackspring7709]

Sky news putting on its caring mask again to help push the boats.

[@punchy1325]

Ridiculous

[@0Er0]

I have zero sympathy and im half kurd lol.

[@deanpaulson8579]

Who cares

[@user-ug8wx5er1w]

Me. I don’t want them in my homeland.

[@Angelcynn-x9m]

@@user-ug8wx5er1w Same

[@anthonyspeakman3073]

Do we care NO

[@ArcadeCabNBud]

We are being replaced

[@HzHz]

@ArcadeCabNBud Yes we are. The Kalergi Plan.

[@UKdraxion]

Stop in France, that puts an end to that bollocks.

[@spudspuddy]

i just made a cheese omelet for breakfast for a change, really enjoyed it 🥚🍳

[@geoffdundee]

@spudspuddy ....i had that the other day for lunch - was tasty......not had one for years

[@HaroldHermes-w6g]

Get them sent back.

[@janicebarthram6759]

Why didn’t they save thousands of pounds and get a flight……..I suppose they all lost their passports.

[@skymore2948]

where are the UN ?...... HCR.

[@Gambit771]

What about the echr on Frances back for ferrying them off to another country like they do with us.

[@skymore2948]

@@Gambit771 who's us?

[@Gambit771]

@@skymore2948 Britain.

[@aguythatdoesstuff]

should of stayed in france which is a safe country instead of crossing the channel illegally. thats what the ferry is for.

[@thebritexiteer7956]

Pure liars!!!!

[@seekthetruthfindit6879]

Kurdistan is not a country.

[@Explorist719]

We need a better law than Rwanda Bill. This is not going to solve the problem.

[@Sonyrocks1Of]

Why not stay in France

[@mikemckelvey7144]

I though smuggling was a crime ..

[@CanonTogger717]

Anyway …

[@Technology20245]

How many kurdish in here

[@doonewatts7155]

I can understand the naysayers and it is a problem. However these people have fled their homes, family and friends usually in fear of their lives. There is nothing on earth that would get me into dinghy to cross the Channel so how dreadful must their home conditions be to cross a continent and then risk their lives?

[@timg1246]

We no longer care.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

How dreadful must the conditions be in all those European countries they could travel to by land without the risk be too? Probably not bad at all they just don't give them better handouts than we do here over people that are in need in this country.

[@Bungle-UK]

So they should stop at the first safe country they get to, not travel the world like Judith Charmers looking for a perfect destination.

[@mappingshaman5280]

So theyre fearing for their lives as they travel through greece, serbia, croatia, slovenia, austria, germany and france? I could understand iraq and to a lesser extent turkey, but there's no reason to come here other than to exploit the benefits system.

[@BrettTheNosePicker]

The U.K. will take them all!

[@Jim_Buck]

Boo hoo

[@aqwsderxz]

serkeftin xe bo kurda xode xe kurd beheli

[@mmins274]

Garbage news, no one cares.

[@danmurphy7338]

Flee Germany and the UK was the only option? 🤔😂😂 yeah I’m fkn sure

[@mcfcguvnors]

That boat at 0:29 IS NOT a smuggler ,RNLI pick em up , French coastguard see them off like youd cheer seeing a smugglers boat unless the charlie on it was YOURS

[@amh8832]

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