Tony Smith, an ex-Border Force chief has today said migrants crossing the English Channel are a ‘major threat’ to UK borders as another boat is picked up today, taking the total number to a record-breaking 601 so far this month. Tony Smith CBE, a former head of the Border Force, told the Commons home affairs… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 14
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Migrants from France Part 13
Bridget Chapman, a spokeswoman for the Kent Refugee Action Network, a group that works with unaccompanied child refugees and asylum seekers in the part of England where most migrant boats arrive, said the Home Office’s emphasis on turning back arrivals was “extremely irresponsible.” “If they were serious about stopping this trade, they virtually could stop… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 13
Migrants from France Part 12
The organized criminals, the People Traffickers, know they can put a vessel out into the Channel from France or Belgium and they will be intercepted in all probability and then they are taken to the UK! Rights groups say the rise in Channel crossings is worrying, you don’t say, but not for the sake of… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 12
Migrants from France Part 11
Tony Eastaugh, the director for crime and enforcement at the Home Office, said the government has deployed three vessels in the English Channel, funded patrols on French beaches, and invested in detection equipment. “Compared to where we were even a few months ago, the cooperation we are seeing with French authorities is paying dividends,” Mr.… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 11
Migrants from France Part 10
With regards the Invasion of Migrants crossing the English Channel, the Home Office said in a statement that it was committed to making the crossings an “infrequent phenomenon” and would continue to work with French authorities on enforcement. The French authority responsible for patrolling the Channel has reported near-daily ‘rescues’ of migrant boats crossing from… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 10
Migrants from France Part 9b
There are Hundreds of Migrants in France that want to get to Britain. They’ve tried jumping into the back of Trucks, they’ve tried the Channel Tunnel, now they’re doing the Ferry Crossing. Nigel Farage has highlighted the Complicity of the UK Government working with the French to bring these people into our land. Yeh I… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 9b
Migrants from France Part 9
The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats crossing the English Channel rose more than sixfold over the past year, according to estimates from the BBC and other news organizations, even as the government moved to step up enforcement. At least 1,892 people arrived by small boats crossing the Channel in 2019, according… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 9
Migrants from France Part 8
Nearly 1,900 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats last year, prompting warnings from politicians that they would be sent back. But the figures suggest the reality is quite different. On 22 August last year, 94 people – including at least 10 children and one baby – piled into eight small boats on a… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 8
Migrants from France Part 7
There have been cases where the migrants have reached halfway, often in flimsy dinghies, before calling the British coastguards so they can be rescued and brought to the UK. “If Border force cutters are to continue to be deployed, is it not logical that they should operate in French waters and having made an interception… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 7
Migrants from France Part 6
British cutters should patrol the Channel in French waters and return all migrants back to France before they get anywhere near Britain, say two former heads of the Home Office’s immigration service. The two former top officials say the current approach where the Border Force cutters bring the migrants back to Britain after they reach… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 6