How do you solve a problem? Claim it’s no problem, and that everything is fine. Problem solved.
“‘UK is not being invaded by migrants’, charity boss says after record number of crossings,” by EJ Ward, LBC, August 6, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
“The public shouldn’t fear they’re being invaded,” Anthony Steen the Executive Chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation says the number of migrants coming to the UK is “relatively small”.
Speaking to LBC’s Tom Swarbrick the charity boss called for a better system to process asylum applications….
The conversation comes after at least 482 people succeeded in crossing the Dover Strait on Wednesday on board 21 boats – a new record for a single day.
This means more than 10,000 people have now made the life-threatening journey across the English Channel in small boats this year.
Wednesday’s 482 arrivals – confirmed by the Home Office on Thursday morning – surpass the previous daily high of 430 set on July 19 2021….
Wellington says
How many of these 10,000 (probably more) come with a respect for British traditions and a wish to assimilate?
Rather, virtually all quite likely come with a sense of entitlement and a desire to transform Britain into yet more of the dar al-Islam, which is to say more repression, more retrograde thinking and a more desultory place all around, courtesy of Mothink.
Anthony Steen is a fool—and a destructive one at that.
john smith says
If this is not an invasion, then I don’t know what is. When thousands of uninvited people enter a country illegally, with the sole intention of taking that country over, because that is what they intend to do, then that is an invasion.
Then we have this half wit leftard telling us “UK is not being invaded by migrants” it just sickens me, it really does.
Donovan Nuera says
Then again PM Bojo and Duchess Carrie remodeled 10 Downing Street upstairs room into Turkish themed parlour. Dear British People, please elect someone like MP Rees-Mogg
gravenimage says
Do you have a link, Donovan? I can’t find a reference.
Eleanor says
Bojo has Muslim ancestry (Turkish if I’m not mistaken) so that comes as no surprise.
tim gallagher says
Pig’s arse England is not being invaded. This guy is either living on some other planet or is a slimy liar who knows the truth but is spreading disinformation to keep people slumbering on while their country is being ruined by the invaders..
James Lincoln says
tim,
Anthony Steen is a slimy liar who knows the truth…
tim gallagher says
I thought that was most likely to be the case, James. He is yet another of these destructive sell out merchants. The UK is going to have to get a lot tougher with these invading hordes although I suppose when the summer ends and harsher weather comes, then there might be a drop in the number of these invaders. Australia was being invaded by boat people, mostly Muslims, back in 2007 and following years, and a new government then shoved the illegals onto Christmas island, told them they wouldn’t be getting to Australia, and a lot were repatriated to their countries, and the flood of illegals did stop.
gravenimage says
Here he is, concerned over Afghan “youth” (not sure how many of these are actually underaged–most “child migrants” are not children) being groomed for Jihad terror. Apparently many were places by UK authorities with an Afghan immigrant with links to the Taliban.
Steen is concerned about the terrorists in training–but does not seem concerned abut the risk this presents to Britons:
“Fears that Afghan boys at risk of terror grooming”
Carer for trafficked youths claims Taliban connection
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/jun/16/terrorism.afghanistan
Westman says
An archeologist, Eric Cline, who authored, “1177 bc: The Year Civilization Collapsed”, about how the Bronze Age ended, discussed in a YouTube video of the same name, how the “Sea Peoples”, blamed for invasion might have been similar to the current “invasion” of the EU by ME migrants.
Cline describes a “perfect storm” of drought, earthquakes, starvation, rebellion, loss of tin needed for bronze (the equivalent of the modern world losing fossil fuels), and the invasion of the “Sea People”.
Cline surmised that the “Sea People” were really imigrants who were driven by homeland conditions to find a more supportive land(which couldn’t support its natives by that time). It seems obvious to me that a strong factor of the Muslim migration to the EU is to find a better climate with better living conditions. The conflict with the unbelieving natives, of course, ultimately follows. It is a “soft” invasion that will have hard consequences.
gravenimage says
The climate in much of North Africa is as good or better than that in the UK and northern Europe. And the reason the living conditions are better is that this land is not yet Islamic.
Then, the main motive for many of these Muslims is Hijira–invasion of civilized Dar-al-Harb, specifically to spread Islam here.
Westman says
I didn’t refer to Africa. The Damascus, Syria rainfall is a stuning 6in per year. A good reason to go elsewhere.
“The Middle East is experiencing its most severe drought in 900 years, according to NASA– one which is seemingly endless. The drought peaked between 2006-2010, and although 2007, 2009 and 2010 saw “normal” amounts of total rainfall, the region was still in drought.”
https://weather.com/forecast-change/news/2019-06-04-how-the-middle-east-drought-and-flood-cycle-will-probably-lead-to
It’s convenient to think there is only one cause that makes people risk their lives to migrate, like hijrah intent, yet that is a very unlikely motivator though it may well determine their behavior after arrival.
Africa: https://www.oxfam.org/en/drought-east-africa-if-rains-do-not-come-none-us-will-survive
sidney penny says
“The public shouldn’t fear they’re being invaded,” Anthony Steen the Executive Chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation says the number of migrants coming to the UK is “relatively small”.
If so, why is there a need for the Human Trafficking Foundation?
Who pays the Executive Chair?
gravenimage says
Good questions, Sidney.
From their website, it looks as though the Human Trafficking Foundation’s main purpose is to aid migrants to the UK:
https://www.humantraffickingfoundation.org/
“The Foundation’s primary focus is on developing policy to improve support for victims of human trafficking…”
The website is all about services for illegal aliens–there is no mention at all of any of these illegal aliens (a term that is of course never used) might actually be a threat to native Britons.
gravenimage says
“The public shouldn’t fear they’re being invaded,” Anthony Steen the Executive Chair of the Human Trafficking Foundation says…
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Pay no attention to the facts…
Ten years ago there were 2.5 million Muslims in the UK–5% of the population. A survey in 2018 pu the number at 3.3 million. The number must be *much* higher now–with a rape and terrorism rate to match.
James Lincoln says
Graven image,
Using your numbers and doing the math, a 32% increase in the muslim population of the UK as of 2018.
Mark says
This man is a former left-wing Tory MP who famously described Tory opponents of the EU as bigots. He had to stand down from parliament after being caught making outrageous expense claims for upkeep of his mansion and grounds. Needless to say, that didn’t stop him from being given lucrative jobs in the NGO sector. Just the sort of rich liberal who is unaffected by the bad effects of immigration that ordinary people have to face.
Eleanor says
So Anthony Steen says the number of migrants coming to the UK is “relatively small”.
He forgets to mention that the Government has signed a 10 year contract with the company Serco to house and feed and provide security for these illegal migrants. There’s another 9 years to go, so I would say the number now might be relatively small but in another 9 years, that number will be massive.
He also conveniently forgets that the UK has something called family reunification for refugees and asylum seekers, whereby they are permitted to bring in close family members as well. So one migrant could bring in ten family members each, in the not too distant future.
He also forgets to mention that most of these illegal migrants are Muslim.
James Lincoln says
Eleanor,
Sounds like Anthony Steen has conveniently forgot a lot…
OLD GUY says
Stick your head in the sand politicians are setting us up for a battle on our own ground through the migration invasion of young islamic/muslim men entering our countries illegally.