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'More affluent areas' will have to house migrants, PM says as over 900 arrive in small boats in just three days
The Standard ^ | August 11, 2026 | Rachael Burford

Posted on 08/11/2026 1:41:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

More affluent areas of Britain will have to house asylum seekers too, the Prime Minister has said after more than 900 migrants arrived in small boats in the last three days.

Andy Burnham was speaking on Tuesday after protests at a migrant camp being set up near Piddington, a village near Bicester, which locals fear could overwhelm the hamlet.

Home Office figures show that in the last three days alone 911 people have made the perilous journey from France, including 230 in a single mega boat on Monday.

A total of 3,003 migrants have arrived in Britain across the English Channel since Mr Burnham became Prime Minister 22 days ago.

Mr Burnham said: “I will listen to what people are saying and respond to the concerns that they are putting forward.

“I don’t know the issue yet in detail, but in some ways, as I understand it, it is about creating secure space.”

He added: “It’s obviously going to be challenging, but I am prepared always to listen to people, to work with people, and to pick up legitimate concerns, and I will address those concerns.

“I do have to say, we cannot have a situation where it’s only the poorest communities in the country that receive all of the dispersal of refugees and asylum seekers.

“I do believe all parts of the country need to work, to play their part.

“We understand people’s concerns and I will look into the issues raised by the good people of Piddington.”

Responding to the record 230 people who arrived in a single dinghy this week, shadow home secretary Chris Philp earlier said: “This is now beyond a joke. The French authorities could easily have stopped a vessel this size from embarking in shallow waters.

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1 posted on 08/11/2026 1:41:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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These people truly are insane.


2 posted on 08/11/2026 1:42:21 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Buckingham Palace has a lot of grounds and some disaffected Hollywooders own land out in the Cotswolds; I am certain they would like to put their homes where their mouths are and act on their liberalism.


3 posted on 08/11/2026 1:43:14 PM PDT by laconic
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To: MinorityRepublican

🇺🇲 Don’t try it. 💪


4 posted on 08/11/2026 1:43:50 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesied set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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Tow them all back out to sea, into the Atlantic a hundred miles and take their paddles and spike their engines


5 posted on 08/11/2026 1:44:53 PM PDT by arthurus (l| covfeve |l ,)
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Britain needs a bloody revolution.


6 posted on 08/11/2026 1:45:35 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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Who is coordinating this on the French side?


7 posted on 08/11/2026 1:47:10 PM PDT by ComputerGuy
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They thought they were protecting themselves by voting the minorities into poor areas.

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ – Matthew 25:40

This is the sin behind mass migration. The people doing it hate those they are imposing upon, but they thought it wouldn’t affect them so they promoted it.

Now, they are being affected by it.


8 posted on 08/11/2026 1:47:40 PM PDT by Jonty30 (When I go to the kitchen to find food, I get disappointed because all I find are ingredients.)
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Synonymous with “we’ve currently been dumping them into poor areas, so it doesn’t affect us”.


9 posted on 08/11/2026 1:50:21 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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It seems TPTB have instructed Burnham to speed up the plan.


10 posted on 08/11/2026 1:50:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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Who is coordinating this on the French side?

The Rothschilds.

11 posted on 08/11/2026 1:51:47 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Coming to a LEFTIST led country, near YOU, if the Dems get back in office.


12 posted on 08/11/2026 1:52:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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A year or so ago our bull dyke,multi millionaire,Maoist Governor called upon residents to take in wetbacks. She even gave a phone number and website address to use to volunteer. Since then *one* household volunteered...and that was in Brookline (proud home of Mike "Tank Commander" Dukakis).

And of course there was also the reception that homeowners on Martha's Vineyard gave to the 51 wetbacks that Governor DeSantis of Florida sent there a year or so ago.

It'll be fun to see the reception the wetbacks get when they're moved to those many wealthy suburbs of London.

13 posted on 08/11/2026 1:54:33 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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> Buckingham Palace has a lot of grounds… <

Add to that list church property. Those folks are all for illegal mass migration.
Just not on their property.


14 posted on 08/11/2026 1:55:52 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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I wonder how the affluent members in the community will feel serving tea and crumpets?


15 posted on 08/11/2026 1:56:05 PM PDT by chopperk (,)
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It sounds like the Elites will not allow another Brexit vote.


16 posted on 08/11/2026 1:59:30 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Jonty30

I could almost hear King Charles quoting those lines...gaslighting his people!


17 posted on 08/11/2026 2:00:53 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging us into Ukraine wars to hide their crimes!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Britain is an insane asylum.


18 posted on 08/11/2026 2:01:04 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ComputerGuy; All

The rest of Europe


19 posted on 08/11/2026 2:01:21 PM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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20 posted on 08/11/2026 2:03:07 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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