So much for smashing the gangs. New records are being achieved this year for illegals coming across the Channel. The government that promised to close the migrant hotels is paying top prices to secure more of them. Meanwhile they are trying to speed up giving many if the illegals the right to stay, acting as a further lure to many more to come.
We seem to get very little for all the money given to France to police this. Why don’t they puncture the boats before they can leave when they see the shire preparations to sail.? Why do they give them free passage to mid point in the Channel, helping them we are told with life belts and accompanying them with a back up vessel? It would be cheaper and safer to turn them back in the shallows by the shore.
When Border Force or a Lifeboat picks them up in mid Channel to give them free and safer passage to the UK who do they not arrange to arrest and question the boat organiser/ captain on arrival in England? Why are they not interrogated to find out the rest of the gang organising this dangerous business?
Why cant the UK authorities pose as mystery shoppers seeking seats on a small boat from France to help locate and arrest the organisers? We should expect more vigour and imagination in rounding up these boat exploiters. Catching them would be a good deterrent.