> Nor do I see it as “cutting in line.”

How? Them being allowed to stay will significantly reduce the chances of those who play by the rules and follow the standard process.

Also you’re implicitly supporting a sort of “hunger games” and think that it’s perfectly acceptable to allow immigrants to risk their lives in the Mediterranean/English Channel/Sahara etc. for a chance to get in.

Of course it’s not your personal fault and in any case it doesn’t matter as long as you don’t think about it but thousands of people are dying because ignoring the rules became an option.