Catholic do gooders send supplies to Calais "migrants"

[Dedworth]

Parish churches are collecting and delivering clothes, toiletries and blankets for the migrants in Calais shantytown known as the "jungle".

http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/2345...alais-migrants

Disgraceful - I hope these misguided fools are mugged and robbed by illegal immigrants

[Tawi2]

[les_taxi]

Great so they will think it is the land of milk and honey-bloody idiots
Oh noticed a picture of one of these poor persecuted souls at Callis-on his bloody mobile phone!
There is me thinking they have nothing

[stevewool]

I think the best beat is to send them money for there bus fare back home, infact rather then sending £3 to join labour give it to these folk

[London_Manila]

Apparently some Jewish groups were saying that Cameron should show more compassion over the Calais affair
So thats fine then we can send them onward to Israel if they ever make into the UK

[grahamw48]

I'm sure Israel will welcome all the muslims amongst them with open arms.

[SimonH]

Totally off topic, but that's a nice new avatar Graham

Anything you want to tell us

[grahamw48]

Oops...sorry.....yes.

Our son was born on the morning of the 11th ....8lbs...mother and baby both doing well.

[Dedworth]

Oops...sorry.....yes.

Our son was born on the morning of the 11th ....8lbs...mother and baby both doing well.

Congrats Graham

[grahamw48]

Cheers mate .... sorry we're hogging your thread with baby pics.

[SimonH]

Great news Graham

Now a new thread is needed with more details

[Arthur Little]

Returning for a moment to the topic under discussion ... I think it's fair to point out that there are two ways of looking at this:

On the one hand, Churches - of all organisations - are (or should be) motivated by a sense of Christian obligation to re-enact the parable of 'The Good Samaritan' in alleviating the discomfort of those in distress ... hence their donations of clothing, blankets and toiletries, based on the principle that if they didn't rally round ... ... who else would?


On the other hand, in so doing, they are misguidedly sending out the wrong message to hordes of people with "an eye to the main chance", and for whom there's simply no room here ... people who, in the prevailing circumstances, will merely continue to take advantage of the situation.