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[motorbiking]

Channel migrants: Crossings fell in 2023, government figures show - BBC News

Government figures show 29,437 people crossed the Channel in 2023, down 36% on 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Roy Bloom]

Looks like 2024 is expected to be a bad year for numbers.

I wouldn't claim any good news on the figures, or Rishi's claims yet

Rishi will claim he was stopped achieving his goal by being chucked out of office.

 

[Roy Bloom]

Channel migrants: Crossings fell in 2023, government figures show - BBC News

Government figures show 29,437 people crossed the Channel in 2023, down 36% on 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

Read the rest of the article that I've already presented.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Channel migrants: Crossings fell in 2023, government figures show - BBC News

Government figures show 29,437 people crossed the Channel in 2023, down 36% on 2022.

www.bbc.co.uk

From your very link....


However, the Immigration Services Union (ISU), which represents border staff, said the decrease in small boat arrivals in 2023 was likely a "glitch", with "higher numbers" expected in 2024.
Lucy Moreton from the ISU told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The planning assumption for 2024 is that 2023 has been unusually low. There have been other confounding factors — we have had particularly high winds, we have had a larger number of days where it is less likely that we are going to get migrants in boats.
"But we have also had much larger boats, much more seaworthy boats, so the planning assumption is that this is a glitch.
"Border Force needs to continue to resource itself - and the country needs to continue to resource itself - to deal with higher number


I wouldn't be claiming any success yet

 

[motorbiking]

You read an article that you posted. Was that your New Year’s resolution?

 

[Roy Bloom]

You read an article that you posted. Was that your New Year’s resolution?

You should try it sometime.