And Once We Welcomed Refugees

[bainbrig]

Shocking story of Islamophobia/bullying/anti-refugee bone-headedness, not yet mentioned in these columns.

A reminder in case you need one:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/28/schoolboy-to-be-charged-over-huddersfield-attack-on-refugee-15

All this Syrian family want is to live their lives in peace, all their children want is to go to school, in peace.

Once upon a time refugees were welcomed here.

[Togo]

//Meanwhile back on earth..... //

Sorry Highbury, but how wrong you are. Here on the Bank instead of Discworld we have our very own Accretion Disc World which spins and grows beyond all accepted norms and nonsensical possibilities.

[Togo]

//What this kid did is despicable, and I hope he's punished appropriately.//

But..... But.... Just very but. I thought that kids were not part of the political free for all and considered unpunishable because...….ya know.....they are just kids. Or is it only certain "types" of kids who qualify for this special consideration? Just asking. :)) ,Good job he didn't knife someone eh.

[-Talbot-]

I'm sure he has the lad's best interests a heart and won't use him as a pawn to further his agenda.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3015409/Lawyer-jihadi-schoolgirl-s-father-worrying-links-extremists-Solicitor-says-Muslims-shouldn-t-operate-police-Lee-Rigby-killer-created-security-services.html

[Deskdiary]

"But..... But.... Just very but. I thought that kids were not part of the political free for all and considered unpunishable because...….ya know.....they are just kids. Or is it only certain "types" of kids who qualify for this special consideration? Just asking. :)) ,Good job he didn't knife someone eh."

Shushh - you're not allowed to think that. It goes against the perceived wisdom!!!!!!!!

[Old_Geezer]

I suspect refugees would still be welcome in small numbers. But we have no nation nearby where citizens need to flee temporarily, so none reach here.

As for the attack, no nation can guarantee the behaviour of every citizen. There are always idiots about.

[Baldric]

/// so none reach here ///

Only approx. 100 in the last week or so in their little rubber rings.

[Togo]

//Shushh - you're not allowed to think that.//

I know DD. Then again I am not allowed to think that the poor wretch looks a bit older than 15(moustache and all), and wonder whether he is actually age verified. Wonder if he is a "young looking" 19yr old?

[Togo]

//in their little rubber rings.//

Those rubber dinghies do not cross the English Channel. They are being put down by bigger boats near to shore. Probably French Trawlers.

[Deskdiary]

Togo - now you're just being daft.

There's no way an adult could pass himself of as a child and receive schooling that taxpayers pay for - that just simply couldn't happen.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1042577/ipswich-school-Stoke-High-School-30-year-old-pupil-home-office

Ooops!

[Togo]

//Togo - now you're just being daft. //

Damn. I've been rumbled. (^_*)

[naomi24]

I wonder if there are two sides to this story as there usually are. Huddersfield has a fairly high immigrant community. I’ve seen no reports of others encountering similar problems.

[spathiphyllum]

Maybe it’s an inside job

[bainbrig]

Spathi, of course! They bullied themselves! Darned clever, these Muslims.

[naomi24]

Spath, //when we have people like Tommy Robinson calling for the head of 15 year old boys due to their religion alone?//

That hasn’t happened. More fake news from you.

[naomi24]

That's one smart lawyer they've got themselves. No flies on them.

[Zacs-Master]

Do we actually know whether this lad is, or ever was, a refugee. Knowing the demographic of Huddersfield, he’s more likely to be 3rd generation British.

[naomi24]

//The family came to Huddersfield two years ago after fleeing persecution under the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. They first went to Lebanon, where they lived for six years, and were later given safe passage to Britain by the UN before being resettled in 2016. //

[Zacs-Master]

Ta,N.

[Old_Geezer]

"Only approx. 100 in the last week or so in their little rubber rings"
Must've been a long trip from Africa braving the ocean in just a rubber ring, and making the UK their first safe country stop". Excuse my scepticism but I doubt any refugees have arrived in the last week.

[Zacs-Master]

OG
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7837956/migrants-beg-help-good-morning-britain-broadcast/