The number of illegal boat migrants arriving in Britain has surged in recent years, reaching over 150,000 since 2018. Despite government promises to curb the flow, crossings continue to rise, with thousands arriving during the Christmas period.
Over 150,000 illegal boat migrants have landed on British shores since the crisis began in earnest in 2018 as hundreds more crossed the English Channel on Christmas and Boxing Day.Data from the Home Office showed that 451 illegals arrived on Christmas Day and a further 407 landed on Boxing Day. This takes the total number of recorded illegal crossings of the waterway to 150,243 since the government began tracking statistics at the beginning of 2018.
The true number may in fact be higher given that others may have reached British shores without being detected by authorities. While the crisis began with a trickle in 2018, with just 299 illegal arrivals over the Channel, the route then saw an exponential rise as people smuggler gangs and prospective illegal aliens began to realise the ease at which they could break into the country. The following year, 1,843 illegals were recorded crossing the Channel, followed by 8,466 in 2020, then 28,526 in 2021, culminating in a record year in 2022 when 45,774 landed. Although there was a decline in 2023, when 29,437 arrived, the number of illegal crossings has once again started to rise, with 35,898 arrivals detected so far this year, a 22 per cent jump over last year. Despite making promises to the public that they would put a stop to the massive influx of illegals, over 22,000 aliens have reached the UK by crossing the Channel since the Labour Party government took power in July, more than all arrivals in 2018, 2019, and 2020 combined. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who previously served as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, has pinned his hopes of stemming the tide of illegals on using law enforcement to “smash” the human trafficking gangs, which operate on both sides of the English Channel in facilitating crossings and often funnel migrants into black market economies in Britain
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