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 Originally Posted by OngBonga
it's ludicrous to compare the UK to Poland and other border nations.
It would be ludricous to compare us and ask why we aren't taking as many as Poland, I agree. It's not ludicrous to ask that if a relatively poor country like Poland can handle X hundred thousand, why can we only handle 50?
Originally Posted by OngBonga
The UK is over 1000 miles away from Ukraine, and there's a sea separating us from mainland Europe. We are not a destination of choice because it is difficult and expensive to reach the UK compared to mainland Europe.
The main reason they would want to come here is family ties, or b/c English is their only second language. If they speak Ukranian or Russian though they can probably get by in Poland, the slavic languages are all fairly closely related. That said, it's hard to imagine only 50 out of a million would want to come to the UK.
Originally Posted by OngBonga
if the UK was saying we allowed 1800 in, poop would still be saying it's not enough.
It depends on how many are trying to get here and how easy or hard we are making it. I can only assume since we've taken 50, we're not doing much to help those who do want to come. I've also heard things about U refugees with family in the UK getting the runaround over paperwork, sent back and forth from Calais to Paris, and basically giving the impression the UK is completely disorganised and/or unwilling to do anything for them (depending on how you interpret things). It's hard to imagine it all down to just incompetence though, given we've got Cruella Patel in charge of the Home Office. At least she isn't trying to drown them.
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