
UK: Channel Migrants Ignore PM’s Warnings and Cross in Record Numbers
Sunak says migration plan is on track, but critics doubt deportation flights will ever take off.
Sunak says migration plan is on track, but critics doubt deportation flights will ever take off.
The boats, which are usually used to service wind farms, will cost the taxpayer millions of pounds
Migrants waiting in Calais say legislation “makes no difference” to their plans.
British officials are not sharing enough information on small-boat crossings with French counterparts, a new report claims.
Leaked Border Force projections add credence to the view that the fall in numbers last year was simply a “glitch.”
Bad weather is more likely to have played a role in figures falling than any government action.
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.