The increasing number of migrants crossing the English Channel to try to come into the United Kingdom illegally – a 73% increase from 2023 and 898 alone Wednesday by boat – is sparking protests in the region and comes just days after President Trump, while in Scotland, warned leaders to “get their act together” on the matter.
The most recent figures from the United Kingdom’s interior ministry, known as the Home Office, show the number of illegal channel-crossers so far this year is 25,436 – a 51% increase compared with this point last year (16,842) and 73% higher than in all of 2023 (14,732), according to The Guardian newspaper.
“On immigration, you better get your act together,” Trump, who has significantly curbed illegal migration since taking office in January, in large part by tightening U.S. border security, told UK leaders on his Scotland trip. “You’re not going to have Europe anymore.”
Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage posted a video of migrants arriving last week in boats and said the public had enough.
“898 illegals crossed the English Channel yesterday,” he wrote on X Thursday. “This means more hotels, more costs and more people who should not be here. The public have had ENOUGH!”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently had an opinion piece published in The Sun where he said that his government was taking massive steps to combat illegal migration, including freezing the assets of gang leaders from other countries in the UK and returning 35,000 people to their home countries.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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