Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoA BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down12cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkA BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.www.bbc.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 days agoSorry, you DON’T want to prosecute gangs who exploit desperate people. Gangs who change huge amounts of money to provide death-trap boats to cross major shipping lanes. These gangs are amongst the lowest form of scum.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThese gangs would be immediatly out of business if you could, you know, just take a regular ferry or the tunnel they made some time ago 🙄
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoNo, they’d just move to a different border.
minus-squareReCursing@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoNot sure you could miss the point any harder if you tried
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI understand your point . It’s just it’s nothing to do with the story. These gangs exist Brexit or not. There’s always a border somewhere.
minus-squareReCursing@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoBy that logic we should get rid of all borders, right?
Sorry, you DON’T want to prosecute gangs who exploit desperate people. Gangs who change huge amounts of money to provide death-trap boats to cross major shipping lanes.
These gangs are amongst the lowest form of scum.
These gangs would be immediatly out of business if you could, you know, just take a regular ferry or the tunnel they made some time ago 🙄
No, they’d just move to a different border.
Not sure you could miss the point any harder if you tried
I understand your point . It’s just it’s nothing to do with the story. These gangs exist Brexit or not. There’s always a border somewhere.
By that logic we should get rid of all borders, right?