More migrants have crossed Channel in small boats so far this year than in whole of 2023, figures show

https://news.sky.com/story/more-migrants-have-crossed-channel-in-small-boats-so-far-this-year-than-in-whole-of-2023-figures-show-13241567

by topotaul

27 comments

  2. This is completely fine. No problem what so ever. If you think there is a problem then you’re just a far right nazi who needs to educate yourself!

  3. The Royal Navy should be patrolling it 24/7. Send any boats back to France. Enough is enough.

  4. > By comparison, in 2022, 45,791 people crossed the waters.

    Why was 2022 so high? Does anyone know?

    2021 28k.

    2022 45k.

    2023 29k.

    2024 29k.

    What happened in 2022?

    Edit: thanks for everyone’s response. Along with the good weather there are some good points. To me it looks like Albanian crossings were the big factor.

    2021 over 800.

    2022 over 12k.

    2023 over 900.

  5. Is anyone’s town centre better or more pleasant than it was 5 years ago? The change is breathtaking. Yet the only true homeless I see are white males? Our priorities need to change

  6. I’ve said this for years, the UK needs a Coastguard in the same vain as the US Coast Gaurd.

    It’s absolutely madness that as an Island we do not have a dedicated Government funded Coastguard.

  8. It’s nearly November so this headline is a bit hyperbolic. Small numbers overall compared to the mass displacement going on in the world right now.

  9. During the debate Sunak pressed Starmer on his plan to deal with this. The answer of breaking the gangs who organise it is reasonable.

    I am surprised that Sunak didn’t press Starmer more on what he would do in the interim given that breaking the gangs isn’t something that happens at the click of a button.

  13. I worry it’ll get worse.

    There is nothing Great about Britain anymore. No industry, spineless corrupt politicians, expensive living costs, medical and social care verging on collapse, high streets across the country dead especially in old industry towns, poor mental health across the country, large numbers coming here and putting more pressure on the country, private hotels taking millions of pounds to house migrants, no wonder they don’t want to stop doing it when they make money from it

  14. There’s also a massive asylum claims backlog as well as lack of proper facilities to house migrants while their claims are being processed, so people also tend to fall through the cracks willingly or not.

    I always thought that even if you want to ignore the political and social implications of this both sides of the political spectrum would at least agree on cracking down on channel crossings due to how risky & dangerous they are, and it puts the lives of children (who have no say in what their parents are doing) at risk.

  17. As ever with these articles, the numbers are the ones we know of. The actual real numbers could be double.

  19. I cannot understand the lack of urgency our politicians have with this issue. Fuck all of them.

  20. There was a great post a few weeks ago, summing up that people had been voting for lower immigration figures for decades now and its only gone up. Complete failure from all political parties on the issue. 

  21. I live in a tiny village seaside town and I’ve actually noticed a lot more immigrants this year then ever before. It’s 99% white village so I guess it’s more notable but there’s a hotel that’s housing them now ££££££

  23. What i would like to say and what i can say are two different things.

    The uk is sleep walking into a crisis.

    Apparently if you voice an opinion on this sub and someone doesn’t like it mods will happily remove it a deem it as harassment.

  24. It’s almost as if Brexit OPENED our borders! *Pikachu face*

  25. Smash the gangs….was bullshit before and continues to be.

    How many Mexican cartels have been smashed…dozens…what happens…more appear…why? Cause its a supply to feed demand.

    These people WANT to come. They aren’t, mostly, poor victims of trafficking. They PAY a fortune to come.

    Supply and demand.

    Starmer will be found out on this soon enough.

  26. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that the rate of small boats crossing the English Channel is not evenly distributed across the seasons. So this headline is essentially a premature announcement that the rate of crossings this year is slightly higher than last year.

  27. Regardless of your view on this, I’m not a big fan that the title comes across a lot more shocking than it is comparatively considering we’re 10/12 of the way through the year…

    If it carries on at the same rate (unlikely as I assume fewer attempt it over winter) then it will only be 16% more than 2023

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