As predicted, the total number of migrants known to have illegally crossed the English Channel by ‘small boat’ passed the benchmark figure of 20,000 on Tuesday, July 1st—surpassing the already excessive number reached this time last year.
Provisional figures for the previous day included 880 individuals, with overnight crossings taking the total number over the politically toxic 20K mark, indicating the failure of the Labour government to ‘Smash the Gangs’—just as PM Keir Starmer’s predecessor, hapless Rishi Sunak, failed to ‘Stop the Boats.’
To date, this year’s small boats contingent is equivalent, say, to twice the population of the Leicestershire suburb of Glenfield in the English East Midlands. All arrivals will require housing, typically delivered using hotels, while their asylum claims are processed.
At the time of writing, several other incoming boats were spotted in UK waters which, if successful, will mean that the total number of Channel migrant arrivals for the year will exceed 20,250 before July 2nd.
Continuing government failure to control the situation is likely to continue, even with the possibility of a deal with France in the days ahead.
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