Channel Crossings Up by 46% on This Time Last Year – Guido Fawkes

Channel Crossings Up by 46% on This Time Last Year

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More grim reading for Yvette Cooper this weekend as small boat crossings hit a record-breaking 8,064 for the year so far – up 46% on this time last year (5,517) and a staggering 65% higher than in 2023 (4,899). Saturday alone saw 656 arrivals. The highest single-day figure since October…

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the figures proved that “Starmer has lost control of our borders” while Nigel Farage branded crossings an “invasion.” Labour’s much-trumpeted two-day Organised Immigration Crime Summit doesn’t seem to have put much of a dent in the smuggling gangs’ business model so far. Shock…