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The ones from areas of French influence mostly stay in France. The ones from areas where English is the second language come to the UK. It's one of the consequences of having had an empire.
The whole "safe county" thing is just a standard response from those who realise it's a conevnient get out clause when living in a country that is safely isolated from the world's main conflict zones by the sea and a mainly safe continent. If there was war in Ireland and half the country fled to the UK you can guarantee the same people would be demanding that other countries take their 'fair share'. It's basically just a way of trying to justify not wanting to help. It also ignores that the UK is way down the list when it comes to the number of refugees it takes both in terms of absolute numbers and percentage per capita and that the "first safe country" trope just means those that border conflict zones would be even more overwhelmed. What we should be doing is making it easier for asylum applications to be made in those countries and then bringing those who are successful here legally. It would also make it fairer / easier to deal with those still coming on small boats.