Britain is topping the charts yet again, though not for the right reasons. A latest study from Oxford University academics reveals that the UK now has more illegal migrants than any other European country, with up to 745,000 people living within our borders without permission. This includes those who’ve overstayed their visas, are failed asylum seekers and who’ve crossed the Channel. That’s more than one in every hundred people living here illegally…
That’s more than double the 300,000 thought to be in France and even higher than Germany’s 700,000. Meanwhile, a staggering 973 people crossed the Channel on Sunday – the highest daily figure this year. That brings the total so far in 2024 to 26,612, surpassing the figure on the same date last year and inching closer to 2022’s 33,611. Labour’s “solutions” for cutting back what they call “irregular immigration” clearly aren’t cutting it. Sunak was right when he warned migrants would be queuing up in Calais once Labour got in…
Starmer said to Robert Peston this afternoon:
“I’m fed up with the fact that families across the country see their bills go up and down on energy businesses bills go up and down on energy because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.”