If your country was in a state of crisis or being torn apart by war and you wanted to save your family from that suffering...

...would you wait the years it may take to get into America by legal measures or would you do whatever you had to in order to keep your family safe?

Is the response that you have to these terrible, illegal immigrants the one you would want for you and your family if your fortunes were reveresed?

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OldBrit · 61-69, M

So in the UK "illegal migration" is a hot topic. But of those that cross the channel illegally to enter the country when their asylum claims are processed the majority are granted asylum. So I don't understand how it was illegal migration they were actually fleeing oppression, violence etc.

The number of asylum seekers is tiny compared to the number the government gladly give worker etc visas to. It's all a smoke and mirrors exercise to avoid people realising we have an economic model that doesn't function without immigrants currently.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@OldBrit There are definitely similarities between the UK and the US, then.