France Spent British Anti-Migration Funds on Vacuum Cleaners
The UK’s attempts to stem illegal migratory flows across the Channel by increasing its financial aid to France have borne little in the way of tangible results.
The UK’s attempts to stem illegal migratory flows across the Channel by increasing its financial aid to France have borne little in the way of tangible results.
While the Tory government has failed to stop migration across the English Channel, other illegal routes have opened up.
Smuggling gangs are advertising the new route on social media sites with images of lorries and London sites, like the London Eye.
While results of further tests are expected, British PM Rishi Sunak reaffirmed his commitment to keep using the barge—now empty, but able to house up to 500 migrant men aged 18-65.
According to leaked memos obtained by the British press commission, officials threw out the prospect of a return to the Dublin Agreement, leading Tory backbenchers to call for more hardline actions against the influx.
50 migrants were expected to board the Bibby Stockholm barge as part of a new migration plan, but last-minute legal challenges have resulted in just 15 individuals making the journey.
The maximum fine for employing an illegal migrant will rise in 2024 from £15,000 to £45,000—per worker.
The most basic inspection of the facts leads one to the conclusion that every cog in the immigration wheel is either milking the system, or at the very least working against the interests of the British people.
Ministers will be working more closely with social media companies to take down posts advertising illegal Channel crossings.
Tens of thousands of people are set to arrive in the next three months, but the government is adamant that it will clear the asylum backlog by the end of the year.
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