[Kizzy]

'Speaking in Germany before the start of the G7 summit, the UK prime minister, David Cameron, said: “HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy flagship, is in the Mediterranean because we want to save lives. Britain is a country that doesn’t walk on by. We are a country with a conscience, and that’s right.'

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...migrants-libya

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

'Speaking in Germany before the start of the G7 summit, the UK prime minister, David Cameron, said: “HMS Bulwark, the Royal Navy flagship, is in the Mediterranean because we want to save lives. Britain is a country that doesn’t walk on by. We are a country with a conscience, and that’s right.'

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...migrants-libya

Yes Our Navy has saved over 5,000 Lives
then they are taken to that Italy Island
as the UK has no room for any
and the voters back the PM on that.


I watched it Live on SkyNewsHD


BBCnews did not get close enough

[user104658]

Jesus... It's really coming to something when David Cameron is more moral than some of the people commenting on the article.

Think he'll find he's wrong though, half of this "country with a conscience" is happy enough to see them drown.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Jesus... It's really coming to something when David Cameron is more moral than some of the people commenting on the article.

Think he'll find he's wrong though, half of this "country with a conscience" is happy enough to see them drown.

TS your view is wrong

I will send this link to the PM

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Jesus... It's really coming to something when David Cameron is more moral than some of the people commenting on the article.

Think he'll find he's wrong though, half of this "country with a conscience" is happy enough to see them drown.

No one wants to see people drowned, but the truth is, we can't take 'em all. The traffickers must be targeted.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

No one wants to see people drowned, but the truth is, we can't take 'em all. The traffickers must be targeted.

Like I said on another thread, obviously it's not feasible for the entire world to move to Europe, but also as I said on the same thread, let's not pretend that if the roles were reversed most of us wouldn't be trying to do exactly the same thing...

But anyway, I disagree. Either there are plenty of people who have absolutely no issue with seeing people drowned (indifference, not the same as "wanting to see it") OR they do a bloody good job of pretending to, for whatever reason. Which isn't really much better.

[Kizzy]

Is he heck, I think he's been given a kick up the arse by the rest of Europe, strange how he ignored them for so long and even called off the rescue boats, then when G7 rolls around he starts wringing his hands... Not fooling anyone dave.

[Kizzy]

This is an interesting point with regard to the points made about safe European countries passed by migrants, I think the mail mindset is the are all headed solely for Britain.

'1%
If you read the British press, you’d think that Calais was the major battleground of the European migrant crisis, and that Britain was the holy grail of its protagonists. In reality, the migrants at Calais account for as little as 1% of those who have arrived in Europe so far this year. Estimates suggest that between 2,000-5,000 migrants have reached Calais, which is between 1% and 2.5% of the more than 200,000 who have landed in Italy and Greece. Just as importantly, there is no evidence to suggest that as many as seven in 10 have reached Britain after arriving in Calais. The Daily Mail admitted this several paragraphs into its article *.'

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...refugee-crisis

* https://fullfact.org/live/2015/aug/c...enter_uk-46920

[Kizzy]

Immigration quiz

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...d-figures-quiz