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The problem is as much one of expectation (possible false or naïve) and experience. Having come so far these people are not going to want to accept that actually things here aren't as good as they think. Having said that the Beeb was interviewing migrants in Calais today and one of them said that he wanted to come here because he knew he'd be given housing like his friends had. I can fully understand why they'd choose to believe the best because accepting the worst would leave them in a very bad place, with no hope of the life they'd decided to pursue.

Has anyone mentioned the problems the Italians are having? Yes several times, including the very first post in this thread. The Greeks and the Hungarians too. The fact that they're having worse problems is all the more reason for us to act, I'd have thought or will some people only feel better when the numbers arriving here in lorries and boats equal those elsewhere?