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01 Jan 23
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A record 45,728 people crossed the English Channel to the UK on small boats in 2022, up more than 60% on the previous year as migrants continue to risk their lives making the dangerous journey.
The perils of the deep waters separating France and Britain were once again brought painfully into the spotlight over the last 12 months, when four people lost their lives after their boat capsized in freezing waters in December.
It was a year where the government continued to promise tough measures to stop the flow of boats and crack down on people smugglers, including pursuing its controversial Rwanda deportation scheme.
But data on the numbers of arrivals - compiled and analysed by Sky News - shows a different picture.
The figures, based on provisional data released daily and weekly by the government, show a sharp rise in the number of arrivals last year, a continuation of a years-long trend that shows no signs of stopping.
At least 45,728 people are believed to have crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats in 2022, an increase of more than 17,000 on the 28,526 who arrived in 2021.
Figures released by the government on New Year's Day were very similar, with the final number being confirmed as 45,756.
https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-people-cross-channel-to-uk-in-small-boats-in-2022-as-arrivals-soar-by-60-in-a-year-12777092
The perils of the deep waters separating France and Britain were once again brought painfully into the spotlight over the last 12 months, when four people lost their lives after their boat capsized in freezing waters in December.
It was a year where the government continued to promise tough measures to stop the flow of boats and crack down on people smugglers, including pursuing its controversial Rwanda deportation scheme.
But data on the numbers of arrivals - compiled and analysed by Sky News - shows a different picture.
The figures, based on provisional data released daily and weekly by the government, show a sharp rise in the number of arrivals last year, a continuation of a years-long trend that shows no signs of stopping.
At least 45,728 people are believed to have crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats in 2022, an increase of more than 17,000 on the 28,526 who arrived in 2021.
Figures released by the government on New Year's Day were very similar, with the final number being confirmed as 45,756.
https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-people-cross-channel-to-uk-in-small-boats-in-2022-as-arrivals-soar-by-60-in-a-year-12777092
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Our Tory government gave them all hotel accommodation, fed them. Gave them spending money & free dental and healthcare. Is it any wonder they are queuing up on the beaches in France?
Boris Johnson, Elizabeth Truss, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Suella Braveman all MIA |
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Any one concerned about immigration was labelled a racist for at least a decade nobby. The wokie Guardian types did it on here, though not much any more as reality bites. I hope those doing the labelling are happy with the state of place. We are finished, give it up.
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the demographics will dictate - 300/20,000 should tip it. Parts of cities have already gone.
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'Take back control of our borders, that's what people voted for in Brexit'
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And they were betrayed, what's new.
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It's nothing to do with any government, this is happening the world over. Remember the stupid conspiracy theory, a one world government? If we really wanted to stop these boats we could do in a heart beat, sadly they are being welcomed here with open arms. The new normal is nigh
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Why are people concerned , millions of people have migrated
to England over the last few decades . Let them get on with it |
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Couldn’t give two hoots if a million arrive next year
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They will continue to arrive until the standard of living here is no better than where they come from.
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Timber you do realise de facto this is what has already happened ?
London , Englands capital is now a majority ethnic majority city .. Too late . |
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I live in hope that a far right govt will eventually get in
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Hold fast you sons of albion!
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SNC ,when all else fails, regurgitates the regretable number of mostly , young male economic migrants ,as an argument against Brexit.
When of course if you are able to think it thru ,it is the opposite. True the hoards in dingies persist but they arrive after great difficulty ,with few rights and dubious claims. Previously,when in the EU ,legal young economic migrants waltzed in hourly at Stanstead etc,with full rights to health ,benefits ,housing ,schooling......from Bulgaria/lithuania/Romania (random pick from 27) ,unchecked ,unrecorded ,often unskilled ,risk free ,instant residency.....their numbers not in tens of thousands.....literally MILLIONS. So full control has not been achieved but maybe shut the floodgates,certainly. |
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Nobrot doesn't deal in facts, he's just another anti British loser
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15k Albanians and a further 30K unrecorded nationality ,OR............
Total open house ,open borders to absolutely anyone of the 0.4 Billion population of the EU ,to come and go, and their dependants ,whenever suits them ,to work/play/claim/deal/smuggle/**** .........whatever, we would not know where or who they are ,back to freedom of movement ,why ffs |
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Why are people equating these non EU illegal immigrants with membership of the EU?
When we were in the EU there was the Dublin Regulation, people claiming asylum had to do in the first safe country they arrived in. We could legally return them to Greece, Italy, Spain. When we left the EU Lord Frost didn't want anything to replace the Dublin Regulation hence today's mess. I'll amend my list. David Frost, Boris Johnson, Elizabeth Truss, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Suella Braveman all MIA |
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Simply because the origin ,colour or religion of the male economic migrants is irrelevant to the majority of us ,we are just fed up with the sheer overwhelming numbers of basically uninvited "gatecrashers".
In the year ending March 2016 , 260,000 entered the UK from the EU legally ,not picked for their skills ,value to this country ,not selected at all ,previous years the numbers were even greater. Your turn SNC show us the number the UK returned to the EU ,under these "Dublin reg's" for a laugh......I have seen them ,risible ,indeed less than we do now. |
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In 2019 714 individuals were transferred in to the U.K.
based on Dublin 111 rules . And 263 were transferred out to another EU country |
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The people who came from the EU to work in the UK were largely welcome. They'd do low paid work while they improved their English then moved on to better paid work or go back to their own countries.
Obviously the racists were never going to welcome them. This current influx has nothing whatsoever to do with the EU. This is about the UK government's failure to act on illegal immigration |
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Free movement of people and labour was harmful
to Britain - and indeed other EU countries That has stopped . Illegal migration is the responsibility of the British government . If the government are not worried or indeed if the people of England are not Don’t then expect anyone else to be |
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If those who voted to stay part of the EU are not concerned
that’s ok , let it continue |
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You will not stop the force of e slam I tell ya first the alba and their trafficking then they will clash as they will with other groups but will eventually be top dog. Not that we have anything to be concerned about in the next few decades but it is coming folks. Demographics will have the last laugh
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Imagine thinking that we should be concerned
about a few thousand migrants in dinghies when millions of migrants have come to England for decades , lol |
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unless they put something in the water
chelsea 1 up |
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There does seem to be certain racist tendencies
that EU lovers sadly do reveal , hence threads such as this |
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45 k on boats and 100k waiting
to be processed. How did the other 55k get here? Back of a lorry? Why isn't Farage highlighting other routes? He's done a great job for the French boat sellers. |
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The backlog built up over years of people coming in on lorries etc
When that was clamped down on they switched to dinghies. And of course the backlog was massaged down to 100k by approving a lot of bogus claims |
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thank god we have now taken control of our borders
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We badly need a competent government.
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Good immigration is great for the country ,Filipino nurses ,Indian doctors ,African engineers etc........targeted.controlled.managed.
The Eu open doors policy is not ,whether it be 50,000 unskilled young male economic migrant Romanians (legal) or 50,000 unskilled young male economic migrants Albanians (illegal). The point that they only do the jobs the indigenous population do not want ,is simply not true ,take HGV drivers for instance. Besides the driving test ,you need updates ,medicals and it was considered a career and a vocation in the UK and reasonably well paid and respected. Soon with the tacho and the sat nav ,there was a demand for more drivers ,firms realised you could get cheaper EU drivers and quickly outed there UK drivers for the cheaper ,easily recruited plentiful EU counterparts ,wages remained static for decades ,standards dropped ,conditions worsened until it became a minimum wage occupation. After the referendum and covid ,many EU drivers went home and we had a shortage...........now with "market forces" in play ,wages have nearly doubled and many many older drivers are returning to the roads ,with many young drivers with new test passes ,many women ,many PSV drivers upgrading ,many white van men progressing passing and training ,all UK residents ,all tax payers etc TF for Brexit |
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The problems Britain and the European countries face
are the inevitable consequence of liberal government policies over many years These problems cannot be fixed |
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They’re never going to be fixed
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flat16 intelligent policy is simply beyond this Tory government. This is the party that thought Johnson and Truss were fit to lead the UK.
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America is another example . President Trump is elected
with the stated intention to solve the problem of illegal migration. Then he is opposed at every turn and a new president is elected With a new policy - which amounts to ignoring the problem , result - record numbers of illegal migrants . |
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That’s what they are doing in Europe , that’s what they are doing in U.K.
And that’s what they are doing in America - can’t be fixed if you simply allow it to continue |
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For once I agree with you SNC but one day a UK government might move us forward.
The EU totally controlled by the Franco/German alliance never ever will. When you arrive in Spain ,note the chronic unemployment in construction ,chronic youth unemployment and how the illegal immigrants are busy in the "black economy" and remember thank fck for home. |
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I know Spain has it's problems. The central government has next to no power and regions are run by corrupt builders hence the Spanish addiction to building ever more empty buildings and unused facilities.
But it does have a lot better weather than the northern Europe  |