

Labour Seeks to Outdo Sunak on Stopping Channel Migration
The Tories have criticised a new blueprint for failing to lower migration numbers, after failing to do so themselves.
The Tories have criticised a new blueprint for failing to lower migration numbers, after failing to do so themselves.
The British taxpayers pay £480 million for increased French border patrols along the Channel, yet 20% fewer illegal migrants were stopped this year before making their way to the UK.
France is hoping that a floating barrier across a local river will prevent smugglers from picking up migrants in “taxi” boats and ferrying them to the United Kingdom.
“The rigour with which the Illegal Migration Bill is implemented will determine the extent to which it deters migrants from making the perilous journey.”
As boat migrant numbers pass 10,000 this year, the UK is paying millions of pounds daily to house over 100,000 migrants in hotels as a critic of the government claims boat migrants may represent just a fraction of the total number of illegals entering Britain.
Those who came to the UK illegally via small boats would, if their asylum claims are successful, be allowed to remain in the UK under the same set of rules as immigrants who arrive legally.
While Britain is not part of EU institutions, the criticism by the CoE will rightly be seen by many Brexiters as yet another attempt to undermine the UK’s sovereignty post-Brexit.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said “enough is enough,” but the Conservative Party’s seriousness on the issue has been brought into question.
So far, 44,000 Channel asylum seekers have arrived in Britain this year. Unless the situation is addressed, with a generous welfare state and a low chance of being deported, more tragedies can be expected.
This year alone, more than 40,000 people have crossed the Channel to southern Britain using small boats, up from 28,526 last year—the highest number since these figures began to be collected in 2018.