Sensitive_Echo5058 on January 1, 2026 12:07 pm “A total of 41,472 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2025 – almost 5,000 more than the previous year. Home Office figures showed a 13% rise on the 36,566 total in 2024. It was the highest number since 2022, when nearly 46,000 migrants crossed. There were 28 days without any crossings from 15 November to 12 December, which some observers attributed to strong winds in the Channel. Figures from the Home Office then showed 737 people arrived on 13 December, and more than 600 more in the following four days. A total of 803 people arrived in 13 boats on 21 December, a record for a single day in December. A Home Office spokesperson said: “The number of small boat crossings are shameful and the British people deserve better.” Yes, we do.
InspectorDull5915 on January 1, 2026 12:52 pm Interesting that asylum claims have fallen dramatically in the EU whilst at the same rising in the UK.
Ok_Promotion3591 on January 1, 2026 12:54 pm That’s ok, we’re going to be building dedicated social housing just for them next.
OinkyDoinky13 on January 1, 2026 1:03 pm Oh no, what do we do. Only Farage and his band of wealthy grifting clowns can save us.
callendoor on January 1, 2026 1:14 pm It would be easy to stop, but most people don’t have the stomach for it.
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“A total of 41,472 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2025 – almost 5,000 more than the previous year.
Home Office figures showed a 13% rise on the 36,566 total in 2024.
It was the highest number since 2022, when nearly 46,000 migrants crossed.
There were 28 days without any crossings from 15 November to 12 December, which some observers attributed to strong winds in the Channel.
Figures from the Home Office then showed 737 people arrived on 13 December, and more than 600 more in the following four days.
A total of 803 people arrived in 13 boats on 21 December, a record for a single day in December.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “The number of small boat crossings are shameful and the British people deserve better.”
Yes, we do.
Interesting that asylum claims have fallen dramatically in the EU whilst at the same rising in the UK.
That’s ok, we’re going to be building dedicated social housing just for them next.
Oh no, what do we do. Only Farage and his band of wealthy grifting clowns can save us.
It would be easy to stop, but most people don’t have the stomach for it.