The candy stores of Oxford Street

Re:The candy stores of Oxford Street by kergonath on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:00AM (#31154855)

The Spanish and Turkish have nothing to do with refugees crossing the channel, though. Why these people do that is because of the previous presence of the British Empire in their corner of the world, otherwise they'd have stopped on the way; there are several countries they have to cross that are not really any worse than the UK for people in their situation.

The Spanish have their own share of problems at their border with Morocco and along their mediterranean coast.

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Re:The candy stores of Oxford Street by Chris2048 on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:07AM (#31154964)

What has the former British empire got to do with choice of destination? Do you mean English speaking?

I though the reason they aim for the UK is the impression of a good quality of life.

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Re:The candy stores of Oxford Street by kergonath on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:27AM (#31155291)

For Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East in general, yes, the language and some kind of cultural knowledge. The same reason why a lot of Vietnamese, Laotian, or Lebanese refugees went to France some decades ago. They need to know about the quality of life, which happens mostly if there is some kind of cultural contact.

Quality of life in the UK is good, don't get me wrong, but not orders of magnitude better than what they could find on the continent.

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Re:The candy stores of Oxford Street by boffinAudio on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:21AM (#31165182)

The reason they desire to come to the UK is that is where the bombs are not being dropped by UK's forces and their allies.

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Re:The candy stores of Oxford Street by Veen on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:35PM (#31170475)

Unless I've been unusually inattentive, I think I'm right in saying the UK isn't currently dropping bombs on France.

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