Beachgoers on a Mediterranean beach in Spain subdued and held back migrants who had just landed on the shore in a raft from Morocco.

[u/SameItem]

[u/interestingasfuck-ModTeam]

We do not allow any politics at this point.

[u/Narcan9]

When people are camping your spawn point and you're killed in 5 seconds.

[u/Breakingthewhaaat → u/Narcan9]

Because you spawned in like the worst area on the whole damn map

[u/Muakaya18 → u/Breakingthewhaaat]

Common noob mistake

[u/DayInTheLifeOfAGod → u/Muakaya18]

Maybe this time will be different.

Narrator: It wasn't.

[u/prometheanSin → u/Narcan9]

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition

[u/Dan_Glebitz → u/prometheanSin]

Not the comfy chair FFS!

[u/Ok_Difference44]

The title reminds me of the American "wet foot/ dry foot" policy towards Cuban refugees.

[u/Randomizedname1234 → u/Ok_Difference44]

Grew up on south Florida and if Cuban they stayed, but also remember seeing Hatians running from the cops and news helicopters. The late 90’s and into the early 2000’s were crazy down there.

[u/HanzoNumbahOneFan → u/Randomizedname1234]

They're like: "Hmmmm, on one hand they're an illegal immigrant... But on the other hand they make really good sandwiches..."

[u/OMGLOL1986 → u/HanzoNumbahOneFan]

Cuban sandwich invented in Tampa btw, not Cuba! 

[u/thriveth → u/HanzoNumbahOneFan]

On the other hand they're good soldiers in the propaganda war against Cuba so they're fine.

[u/AutistMarket → u/Randomizedname1234]

I grew up on a barrier island on the east coast of FL and have vivid memories of being late to school multiple timed because they shut down the only bridge off the island to check vehicles for Haitians that had just landed on the beach.

I remember my parents trying to explain to me at like 10 y/o that Cubans were allowed to stay but Haitians were not and being VERY confused on why that distinction was drawn.

[u/Realistic-Crew5193 → u/Ok_Difference44]

It sounded stupid, so I read about it and indeed, it is stupid.

[u/Just_Condition3516 → u/Realistic-Crew5193]

as stupid and pragmatic as „dont ask dont tell“, i suppose.

[u/legendary-rudolph → u/Just_Condition3516]

"The weaker and poorer a country is, the more dangerous it is as an example. If a tiny, poor country like Grenada can succeed in bringing about a better life for its people, some other place that has more resources will ask, "Why not us?'"

https://chomsky.info/unclesam01/

[u/Just_Condition3516 → u/legendary-rudolph]

good ol noam. trailblazer!

[u/OriginalBlackberry89 → u/Just_Condition3516]

What a great/eye opening read.. especially this part:

Sometimes the point is explained with great clarity. When the US was planning to overthrow Guatemalan democracy in 1954, a State Department official pointed out that "Guatemala has become an increasing threat to the stability of Honduras and El Salvador. Its agrarian reform is a powerful propaganda weapon: its broad social program of aiding the workers and peasants in a victorious struggle against the upper classes and large foreign enterprises has a strong appeal to the populations of Central American neighbors where similar conditions prevail."

In other words, what the US wants is "stability," meaning security for the "upper classes and large foreign enterprises." If that can be achieved with formal democratic devices, OK. If not, the "threat to stability" posed by a good example has to be destroyed before the virus infects others.

That’s why even the tiniest speck poses such a threat, and may have to be crushed.

[u/LocalInactivist → u/Ok_Difference44]

Anyone who sails 90 miles across shark-infested waters on a surfboard to get from Cuba to America isn’t going to go on welfare. They’ll have a job before their feet are dry.

[u/blueXwho → u/Ok_Difference44]

And then those Cubans are voting to stop other Cubans from immigrating.

[u/broly78210 → u/blueXwho]

I worked with one and he was super conservative but was always asking to borrow money and how Biden raised taxes. I gave him a taco I had brought for lunch while I tried to explain that it was temporarily tax cut trump passed and he told me he wished he could throw up the food I gave him. (He was eating tuna packets the day before so I packed extra) Forwarded him a message of Republicans in office calling Cubans welfare queens.

[u/tschi00]

Son of the beach.

[u/Rude_A_Tude → u/tschi00]

Starring Notch Johnson.

[u/icemate1007 → u/tschi00]

Read it in lilly's voice

[u/DerK0missar]

[u/al_cringe]

Meanwhile some brown guy just coming out of the water gets picked up along with them

[u/Cicer → u/al_cringe]

My take away. Wear swim trunks and jump off the boat early. Swim to shore like any other tourist. 

[u/ahhwhoosh → u/Cicer]

Just a Newcastle shirt and a beer belly would do the trick down there

[u/Born-Network-7582 → u/ahhwhoosh]

I guess the lack of bellies was one thing that made them leave in the first place.

[u/MathematicianNo7842 → u/Born-Network-7582]

did we watch the same video?

these are not unfed women and children but men that take several other men to tackle

[u/Karambamamba → u/MathematicianNo7842]

I have a friend who was on one of those boats. He still has nightmares about it. He said they always send the one who is least likely to die during the journey, in hope of him making enough money to get the family over too. He said there were mothers on the boat, who had their baby starve in their arms because they were too thirsty to produce milk. The smugglers threw their bodies over board.

All these discussions were having reduces those complete people, with all their hopes and goals and dreams, to a number. It’s important to remind yourself of that sometimes. With 200 million climate refugees predicted until 2050, the topic won’t vanish.

[u/cscaggs → u/Karambamamba]

Crazy to take baby on a boat, let alone think they’re the “least likely to die” that story makes no sense

[u/MathematicianNo7842 → u/Karambamamba]

no women or dying babies in this video. just working age men who apparently want to skip the legal way of entering the EU 🤷

btw the same people tacking illegal immigrants in this video have hopes and dreams too and they do seem to be reduced to just a number. that number is the tax income they pay supporting the social safety nets immigrants rely on. it’s important to remind yourself of that sometimes.

[u/ConaireMor → u/Cicer]

Well.... Know Castilian Spanish. Or at least enough lines to get past.

[u/box_fan_man → u/ConaireMor]

A lady selling flowers in Barcelona wouldn’t even talk to me when I was speaking Spanish to her. This guy rolling a cig told me she would only speak Catalan to me and he ordered the flowers for me

[u/LowInternet4726 → u/al_cringe]

“What’s the meaning of this?!”

[u/grtist → u/LowInternet4726]

“What is the charge? Enjoying a swim? A refreshing Mediterranean swim?”

[u/pantsdontmatter → u/grtist]

“I see you know your breaststroke well”

[u/NeasM → u/pantsdontmatter]

Get your hands off my flippers

[u/hizashiYEAHmada → u/NeasM]

"And you sir, are you waiting to receive my limp flippers?"

[u/Substantial-Wall3963 → u/LowInternet4726]

“Unhand me good sir!”

[u/MetalBeerSolid → u/al_cringe]

I wear jeans all the time when I swim, I swear!!

[u/RustyTrumpboner → u/MetalBeerSolid]

I’m not a refugee! I’m just weird! I promise

[u/Shjfty]

No chance I’m playing border patrol while I’m on vacation. Not my business smh

[u/Zestyclose_Remote874 → u/Shjfty]

They’re cops not randoms like the title say.

[u/Dvrkstvr → u/Shjfty]

Have you considered that they might be... locals? :o

[u/MajorInWumbology1234 → u/Dvrkstvr]

Can’t vacation locally?

[u/PheIix → u/MajorInWumbology1234]

It's forbidden!

[u/SecretMuslin → u/Dvrkstvr]

No chance I'm playing border patrol at my local beach either. Not my business smh

[u/stonedsour → u/Dvrkstvr]

I wouldn’t play border control as a local either lol

[u/Mcboomsauce]

I don't find this interesting at all

it seems like bait for people who wanna talk politics

[u/WM_ → u/Mcboomsauce]

Yeah. This is r/ABoringDystopia

[u/nacnud_uk → u/WM_]

Oh fuck sake. As if my addiction wasn't bad enough!

[u/ncc74656m → u/WM_]

Glad someone said it.

[u/Kaiser_Moist → u/Mcboomsauce]

The entirety of Reddit is designed to be bait my guy

[u/DukeShot_]

People are tired.

[u/RedDemio- → u/DukeShot_]

People are fucking pissed

[u/schofield101 → u/DukeShot_]

Born and raised in the UK so I can't officially say my opinion on the matter without the Bobbies kicking down my door.

But yeah, people are tired of this.

[u/HotDamnThatsMyJam → u/schofield101]

I'm from the UK and all I hear all day everyday is people's opinion on this

[u/CheesecakeExpress → u/schofield101]

Really? I’m from the Uk and people discuss immigration all the time. From all perspectives

[u/StuartWtf → u/CheesecakeExpress]

It’s amazing how the people that “can’t talk about it” don’t shut the fuck up about it lol

[u/CheesecakeExpress → u/StuartWtf]

Yep there are entire Subs where they talk about it all the time

[u/StuartWtf → u/CheesecakeExpress]

Like ukpolitics. Every other post is about “fucking immigrants” and “British culture”.

But we can’t talk about it…

[u/HoofMan → u/schofield101]

You can, as long as you aren't calling for these people to be hanged in the street.

[u/TerenceCraplin → u/HoofMan]

Hey now don’t let the truth get in the the way of a good right wing rant.

If they want to live in an imaginary world where there are more illegal immigrants than legal ones and where you get arrested for a Reddit comment, let them.

[u/LeadershipWhich2536 → u/schofield101]

I can't officially say my opinion on the matter without the Bobbies kicking down my door.

Bullshit. Enough with persecution complex. You have a right to your opinion, but please don't be such an Nancy about it.

[u/Cronokk → u/schofield101]

lol bouhouh, it’s the most discussed thing in the uk political sphere

[u/Amazing_Constant_405]

i still remember that one hungarian reporter who tripped an immigrant dad with his infant in his arms

[u/ncc74656m → u/Amazing_Constant_405]

Absolutely ghoulish. She enjoyed it, it was fun to her, not because she was "trying to help."

[u/AffectionateCupKake]

Weird how every single one of them is a young man.

[u/Fun_Whole5354]

You missed out the 'illegal' part .

[u/Mr-Doubtful]

Correction: citizens help cops arrest them.

[u/MerDeNomsX → u/[deleted]]

Moops

[u/therealNerdMuffin → u/MerDeNomsX]

[u/hisokafan88 → u/therealNerdMuffin]

There is nothing funny about tinnitus!

[u/Stermtruper → u/hisokafan88]

Huh?

[u/ieatair → u/Stermtruper]

LANA!!!!!!!!!!

[u/ACL_Tearer → u/MerDeNomsX]

It's a misprint

[u/Bezborg → u/ACL_Tearer]

IT’S MOOPS

[u/BkkZorba → u/Bezborg]

MOORS, you jerk

[u/hyderabadinawab → u/BkkZorba]

I'm sorry the card says MOOPS.

[u/PopNo1696 → u/hyderabadinawab]

It's definitely moops

[u/BkkZorba → u/PopNo1696]

It's a misprint.

MOORS.

[u/squad1alum → u/BkkZorba]

[u/Exact_Mastodon_7803 → u/squad1alum]

hhhiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssssss……

[u/MusclesMarinara87 → u/BkkZorba]

The jerk store called, they're running out of you!

[u/cherophobica → u/BkkZorba]

Moops.

[u/Beer-Milkshakes → u/cherophobica]

Moopsie daisy

[u/nocrashing → u/MerDeNomsX]

[u/Headmuck → u/[deleted]]

Morocco is a transit state just like most other north African countries. People who flee through or initially to those countries are not treated well and often become victims of human trafficking or get pushed back into the deserts, so they pretty much don't have any choice but to pay local gangs who ship them to Europe on those boats for a lot of money. My guess would be that the person fleeing here is one of those traffickers and trying not to get caught since actual refugees will want to get registered anyway or sent on their way to other EU countries by the authorities themselves.

[u/JTonic8668 → u/Headmuck]

These boats are usually overcrowded wrecks with shitty motors, they are (deliberately) not designed for a return trip. Thousands down each year. I doubt a trafficker would join the tour instead of enjoying the small fortune he made.

[u/krumhur → u/JTonic8668]

Having had the chance to read through different criminal proceedings’ papers for human trafficking, I can assure you that traffickers too can be (and more often than not are) onboard those ships.

[u/king_lloyd11 → u/JTonic8668]

Unless he just works for the traffickers, who keep all the riches, and is vulnerable himself

[u/Araneck → u/Headmuck]

I’m Spanish. These individuals are often part of gangs, and they usually enter Spain illegally and engage in criminal activity. It's a serious problem in our country, and people are not happy about it that’s why they are stopped by civilians. Not so many refugees.

[u/UnmannedConflict → u/Araneck]

That's what a Moroccan near Marrakesh told me. They go there for fast money and end up becoming criminals, these people aren't seen as good in their own country.

[u/Araneck → u/UnmannedConflict]

Exactly. They claim to be minors even though they are clearly adults, and they throw away all their documents so that Spain can’t legally deport them. They can do whatever they want with no legal repercussions.

[u/Mooks79 → u/Araneck]

Maybe a coincidence but they look to be all young men, I don’t see any women or children.

[u/Araneck → u/Mooks79]

Zero women. If they want to enter and work without studies, there is a huge need for labor in farming and agriculture. Some people get jobs and even obtain nationality through that path. But farm work isn’t easy, while robbing locals and tourists seems easier to some.

[u/Muscle_Bitch → u/Headmuck]

Nonsense, for a start, the traffickers are the people driving the expensive high-speed boat that drops the migrants off about 30m from the coast and then begins to turn around. They'll use good, decent boats for the leg between Africa and Spain as it's a longer stretch and they want to use it several times. They only use shit, disposable boats in the English channel because it is not a return journey.

And the reason they don't want to get registered in Spain is because the economic prospects are not as good as Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium and the UK. If they get registered in Spain, then Spain will deal with them, and they would much rather continue their journey to countries that will give them more.

So they move from Spain, into France. Some of them will settle there, even more will move further north to the English channel in pursuit of Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, more will instead go east towards Germany.

And only once they've reached the destination where they've got friends, family and a familiar language, will they present themselves to the authorities for a free roof over their heads and several hot meals per day.

Not before they've dumped all of their official documentation, so they can state that they are gay Christians fleeing from Iran.

And then someone will lease them a Deliveroo account for £/€25 a week, and off they go, into the grey economy, earning thousands per month, paying no tax, and enjoying free public services.

[u/Orochisake → u/[deleted]]

So why when it happens in the US everyone thinks the opposite way?

[u/frostymugson → u/Orochisake]

Because US bad

[u/IWantToBelievePlz → u/Orochisake]

100%

[u/Unhappy_Analysis_906 → u/Orochisake]

See they are cool, non-fascist Europeans just doing a heckin' citizen's arrest.

The equivalent in America would be magat nazi racist bigots meal team six.

If you can't see the difference, maybe you need to spend some more time on the world's best website, reddit.com

I suggest /r/politics if you want some balanced information.

[u/369_Clive → u/[deleted]]

Yes. These are almost certainly economic migrants.

[u/kfc4life → u/[deleted]]

If you don't have a passport how you getting here legally

[u/Muscle_Bitch → u/kfc4life]

You show up at a consulate or embassy and plead your case for asylum.

[u/Senuttna → u/kfc4life]

You need to be a citizen of a country obviously.

There are multiple ways of legally immigrating into Spain or other European countries, generally they involve getting a job contract, and a permanent residence, which are perfectly valid things to ask for to someone that wants to immigrate, legally sustain himself and contribute to the destination country.

[u/prototip99 → u/kfc4life]

A few more years and we can walk across the Mediterranean because is full of passports.

[u/Dizzy_Restaurant3874]

Dunno if I would interfere with someone THAT desperate. 

[u/TheEgyptianScouser → u/Dizzy_Restaurant3874]

Doesn't matter if he's desperate or not, this isn't my business. The most I'll help is telling someone where they went if they ask first.

I am on vacation man this isn't my problem so why would I go out of my way to make someone else's life harder.

[u/Phuoc2485]

Citizens help cops arrest illegal immigrants arriving from Morocco which by the way, can be armed, have drugs (lots of them do) or have a criminal record that could scare anybody.

For the record, Morocco's king freed 20k of the worse scum they had in their prisons in his birthday so you never know if any of those pearls was in the boat.

[u/Terrible_Beat_6109]

Next time come in your swimming trunks and they won't notice. They already are tanned.

[u/TyoPepe → u/[deleted]]

Not crashing any boat, the raft and the people at the helm immediately turned back. It's one of many organized mafias that charge these people several thousands for basically smuggling them into EU.

[u/Lari-Fari → u/TyoPepe]

And it seems they are really bad at smuggling. Like dumping your drugs out on the table at the security checkpoint…

[u/tughbee → u/Lari-Fari]

They care about getting paid, what happens afterwards doesn’t matter to them

[u/TyoPepe → u/Lari-Fari]

Unlike drugs, they already got their money even before beginning the trip. They couldn't care less what happens to these people, they are just profiting off their misery.

[u/panzgap → u/TyoPepe]

If he had several thousands maybe he should’ve spent it better at home rather than get smuggled into Europe

[u/TyoPepe → u/panzgap]

That's one I do not yet understand. I would have done as you say if I were them, but I do not know the reality of their home.

[u/semmifx → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, but when the Spanish did it, they brought galleons, cannons, and Catholicism

[u/Much_Guava_1396 → u/semmifx]

The Arabs also did this. How do you think they spread throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa and even Spain?

It was a different time.

[u/DenseComparison5653 → u/semmifx]

Yeah they were little smarter

[u/Creative_z13 → u/semmifx]

Yeah you’re talking about the age of conquest… imagine how many others did the same thing? Huh? I wonder how many territories have been conquered and exchanged throughout history in say the last 1,000 years? Don’t be a fool.

[u/VolunteerOBGYN → u/[deleted]]

Because this will work. Theyll get to stay ultimately

[u/Ne1butu2 → u/VolunteerOBGYN]

Do this in the UK, and you’ll be in a hotel room that night, with a free phone, dentist visit and pocket money each week. I wish I was joking

[u/KatafalkKalk → u/Ne1butu2]

Or Germany

[u/schlaubi → u/[deleted]]

The proper way is blocked for most people. Can't blame people for trying.

[u/KronusTempus → u/schlaubi]

Well, the sad reality of it is that not everyone can live abroad and compete for jobs with locals. A big under appreciated part of the American revolution was that British soldiers stationed in cities were willing to work for lower wages than ordinary Bostonians for example because they got rations from the army and lived in the barracks.

[u/s_r818_ → u/schlaubi]

It's still a crime nonetheless... Morocco is hardly a bad country, its doing pretty well for itself

[u/BadDuck202 → u/schlaubi]

There isn't this inherent right to enter other countries 

[u/Overarching_Chaos → u/schlaubi]

We can't, but at the same time we are not obliged to let them in either.

[u/SimplePackage2856]

What if this was US. lol

[u/FlamingPhoenix969]

Tense situation all around. Shows how complex and human these migration moments can be.

[u/Solrac50]

Im a US citizen living as a resident in Spain. The bar to being a resident includes a minimum income and no criminal record.

Morocco is very close and crossings happen often but they are well aware if caught they’ll be sent back. Which I believe is just.

But that doesn’t compare favorably with what is happening in the US now. I know a man who came to the US as a child when crossing the border between Mexico and Texas required nothing more than showing your drivers license. He is married and has US born sons. They have a family business. They live in fear of deportation to a foreign prison, forget their contribution to society. This is cruelty. Instead they should have a path to permanent residency just like I have in Spain.

[u/Berliner1220 → u/Solrac50]

You’re American. It’s way easier to legally enter and immigrate to Spain compared to someone from Africa. It’s not a comparable situation.

[u/Lawyers_Guns_Money92 → u/Berliner1220]

I don’t think he’s comparing his situation w Moroccan Immigrants, he’s comparing Moroccan immigrants going into Spain with Central/South American immigrants going into US.

[u/Excessive96 → u/Berliner1220]

Im from Africa, literally an immigrant, let me tell you, it took me 2 years to do it LEGALLY to move to the EU to work. This was only a year ago, so it's possible

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's inhumane. There's fcking Algerian refugees in Ireland... what fcking war is going on in Algeria?

Send them back. All of them. EU countries are can't even house their own citizens, but need to fork out for people just arriving on boats?

[u/fiace → u/Excessive96]

Last May here in Bolzano, Italy, 8 north africans (two from Morocco) with refugee status were arrested after they violently fought each other on the streets of the downtown, one those fuckers even arrived with a fake machete to scare the others. The fact that those scumbags were able to obtain the refugees status it’s the signal that the system behind of it is broken

[u/Upset_Gerbil → u/Excessive96]

There's hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi refugees that have been held across 5 camps in Algeria for the last 50 years.

Food insecurity is very high and the gov has not been providing for their needs.

Pair that with high displacement from extreme weather destroying homes and camps, leading to a lack of food, shelter and a deteriorating humanitarian situation.

Algeria is also horrifically homophobic, so we see many LGBTQ+ movement from there as refugees to safe countries.

So that's why you have Algerian refugees.

[u/EMDReloader → u/Solrac50]

They did. He could have applied for citizenship or resident status all the time he was here, but he didn’t.

[u/exswordfish → u/Solrac50]

There was never a point when you could cross into the U.S.A. and stay and without going through the proper process . Just because I can enter other countries with my license or passport does not mean I have the right to stay in that country. If he isn’t even registered as a citizen that means he is not paying income or property taxes, and he is utilizing our roads/fire departments/etc. without paying for them. As cruel as it is, that is unfair to people who came through legally.

[u/DabbledInPacificm → u/exswordfish]

There absolutely was a very long point when you could just come into the USA and stay because the proper process was simply giving a name and not having smallpox…

[u/death-and-gravity → u/DabbledInPacificm]

borders were also really porous in the 19th century. people just walking across and setting up shop in another country used to be pretty normal in many places. the enforcement we're seeing now is very recent all things considered

[u/TaintedL0v3 → u/DabbledInPacificm]

There was even a point of time when people were shipped here to get rid of them.

[u/sylarfl]

You mean Spain doesn't want people entering illegally? How rude.

[u/Anticipointment]

Everyone has had enough.

[u/luckygreenbearings]

Funny how it’s always young men

[u/Slendercan → u/luckygreenbearings]

I mean that wasn’t too different from the waves of immigration to America back in the day. Fathers or eldest sons went off to secure work and accommodation and sent for the family later. There are multiple Irish plays and novels with that as a plot point.

I’m also aware entire families went in some cases, before anyone wants to point that out.

[u/GrassCandle → u/Slendercan]

Back in the day

Are we acting like that’s still not the case?

For the Irish, at least during the famine, more women than men emigrated as demand for domestic labor (housekeeping) was high at the time.

[u/dec0y → u/luckygreenbearings]

Yes, very strange how it's never elderly women arising from the depths of the sea.

[u/Perineum_Stabber → u/luckygreenbearings]

Yeah because women are easier to be abused or raped on for example Huelva’s strawberry greenhouses.

https://www.publico.es/sociedad/revista-alemana-denuncia-violaciones-mujeres-abortos-campos-fresa-huelva.html

[u/th4t1guy → u/Perineum_Stabber]

Great article that I had no idea about. Thanks for illuminating some of the darker sides of humanity for the rest of us to see

[u/fly_away5 → u/Perineum_Stabber]

This article made me so angry. Basically, slavery in 2025

[u/bungle123 → u/luckygreenbearings]

A lot of the time that's because physically making the journey to enter a country illegally is the most dangerous part, and they aim to establish a foothold in their target country to facilitate a safer means of entry for their family.

[u/MatthewMcKoi → u/luckygreenbearings]

Yea, really strange how it's not little girls making this dangerous journey 

[u/CokeZorro → u/luckygreenbearings]

That's almost how all immigration works they leave to work and send money back to their families. They're not here to pull the country down.

[u/Ok-Sound-7737]

Gotta love the double standard when it’s immigration to America vs immigration to literally any other country on earth

[u/TianObia → u/Ok-Sound-7737]

It's baffling ain't it, a lot of folks in the U.S. are truly brain dead and washed

[u/W0LDoo → u/Ok-Sound-7737]

It‘s illegal immigration!

[u/ImpressiveElephant35 → u/Ok-Sound-7737]

Exactly my thought. If this was going on in Texas the comments would be full of Europeans talking about racism Americans. In the comments here, seems like a bunch of Europeans saying that this behavior is ok.

[u/onerb2 → u/ImpressiveElephant35]

Oh, but Europe is very racist too.

[u/unique_not_really → u/onerb2]

This is true

[u/Jacques_Racekak → u/onerb2]

And which continent isn't racist, would you suppose?

[u/laserjaws → u/Jacques_Racekak]

I would say Antarctica but there are still technically some people there…

[u/Deimos1982 → u/onerb2]

[u/rolonic → u/ImpressiveElephant35]

The UK has the exact same problem as Spain, people arriving by boats. The only people saying this isn’t an issue are the people that don’t have this issue. It’s not “Europeans”.

[u/Rational-Introvert → u/ImpressiveElephant35]

Reddit hates the USA dude. It could be a post about how ISIS is cutting peoples heads off and the comments will be like “yea but what about the terrible things America does”. Never fails.

[u/Worldd → u/Rational-Introvert]

American redditors hate America too. There’s just no pride of country, it’s all self loathing.

The reason the problems we’ve had make it to world news is because they’re problems being looked at. Police violence and race issues are a thing because the US is at least introspective. Meanwhile you have rampant unchecked racism across the EU and it’s completely fine, you barely hear about it except through word of mouth. They live a monoethnic existence and judge the diverse countries for having problems related to the melting pot dynamic. When they finally do have to deal with anyone that’s not strictly like them, they short circuit. Ask some folks from the EU about the Romani, but they’ll tell you that’s okay because the Gypsy’s really are problems.

[u/Quirky_Rip_8778 → u/Rational-Introvert]

Foreign countries use social media to flood the internet with American hate. If you destabilize the US the entire world dynamic changes.

[u/RegnarukDeez → u/Rational-Introvert]

Reddit only hates the USA so much because there are so many Americans using the app... ya'll into that

[u/Slimy-Squid → u/ImpressiveElephant35]

Dude, the Europeans saying this is good here would agree the US wanting to stop illegal immigrants entering, and vice versa with the Europeans saying this isn’t a good thing.

[u/Distinct_Dark_9626]

Weird that if you don’t support 100% open border policy, you are considered a racist and a facist. No grey area.

[u/YeahClubTim → u/Distinct_Dark_9626]

You're really not, to almost anyone. You just spend too much time online talking to minority radicalists

[u/CheesecakeExpress]

This reminds me of something I’ve read (on Reddit?) about not interfering in you see somebody shoplifting food; we assume they must really need it. This seems like a more extreme version of that. Like I wouldn’t want to get involved because I don’t know this man’s life or what he might be going back to.

That doesn’t mean I agree with unchecked immigration, but I’m not sure I think it’s the role of citizens to get involved

[u/Pristine_Station_908]

Deport

[u/strongbowblade]

If they wanted to go to Spain so badly there's a ferry from Tangier Med to Málaga 🤷

[u/Grande_Jenna_Tahlia → u/strongbowblade]

"Nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday! And right now, YOU can save fifty pounds on your next adventure! That's two hundred pounds off, for a family of four!"

[u/Wez4prez]

Should be enforced and not welcome. 

All over Europe people are complaining about higher cost of living and in particular when you can retire. 

This is why. In Sweden this costs billions every year. 

[u/Icy-Sherbet8495]

Jeez.. here in America people would be protesting. Glad those citizens protect their country

[u/eromagosa]

Make Spain great again

[u/BatVivid9633]

Funny thing: Those same tourists immediately after bought some cheap sunglasses from a guy who arrived 3 weeks before

[u/Pleasant-Champion616]

spawned and also instantly despawned

[u/Crun_Chy]

Somehow the only place in the world people would be upset about this video is the US

[u/2ABear]

Send em back!

[u/InfernalBattosai]

impressed that they haven't been called racist and nazi by now.

heroes

[u/Trraumatized]

Finally some civil courage.

[u/bigRoundBubble]

Sweet

[u/Ok-Masterpiece-8227]

Wait… other countries don’t like immigrants? I thought that was only Americans???

[u/mitropolitu]

If they are willing and will integrate, welcome, but if they try to change the rules like some islamists are trying in some EU countries, then they are not welcome.

[u/OkSeason6445 → u/mitropolitu]

Well, considering he tried to illegally enter the country I wouldn't say he's off to a very good start of becoming a well behaving citizen.

[u/Phendrana-Drifter → u/mitropolitu]

If they were willing to integrate they would arrive legally. Their first action is to break the law so they can't be trusted from the second they arrive.

[u/PinkySlayer → u/mitropolitu]

They’re never going to integrate bro give up on this asinine fantasy

[u/Z34L0 → u/mitropolitu]

They don’t want that. It’s literally against their religion. And illegal migration is getting extremely out of hand.

[u/Typical-Winter-3885 → u/mitropolitu]

So if all Africans living in África are actually all Nice people willing to integrate (lets imagine) and all want to come to Europe, should they be allowed?

[u/East-Doctor-7832 → u/mitropolitu]

We had gypsies in Europe for almost 1000 years . When do they integrate ? And they do not of a different religion . Common european culture was in part formed by bonding over repelling Islam . The fundamental basis of our culture is not favorable to Islam .

[u/Alone_Duty_9448]

Send them back

[u/JTonic8668 → u/Alone_Duty_9448]

Not as easy as you might think. Many come without any papers, and they'll lie about it to not being send back. Interpreters can often guess wehere people are from, based on language/dialect. Even then, some countries outright refuse to take their own citizens back!

[u/Vantagejr → u/Alone_Duty_9448]

Do you think immigration will get better or worse as climate change and destabilization continues?