We need a dose of reality in the debate about English Channel crossings
It's absurd that wave machines or volcanic islands would even be articulated as ideas, let alone the fact that ASYLUM APPLICATIONS HAVE FALLEN
Yes, there are fewer asylum seekers coming to the UK
Some useful figures from evidence to the Home Affairs Committee here
The number of asylum seekers arriving via small boats rose from 465 to 2,012 in the first 2 quarters of the year, but the number arriving by other routes dropped from 8,455 to 4,850
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Boat crossings have happened in small numbers for a long time, and were the source of the 2015 onwards Mediterannean refugee crisis
Their rise in the Channel was predicted last year by a parliamentary committee that Priti Patel sat on at the time
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
In a press briefing today, the National Crime Agency reiterated the fact that boats are being used more because of a fall in lorries coming via ferry and general air and sea traffic during coronavirus
They expect Channel crossings to fall as the weather worsens
It's not an invasion, it's not a crisis, it's not even a surprise
It's past time for the government to admit that publicly
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