Observations

Most people are aware that 46,000 illegal boat migrants crossed the English Channel last year. Fewer will know that the total number of illegal migrants reported by the Home Office was in fact 54,000, via all routes. And there have been no reports showing the EU's Frontex (border agency) figure of 71,000 illegal migrants crossing from the EU to the UK in 2022.

In today's report we have presented a fuller picture for the British public. In the next couple of days the Government is expected to present its latest immigration bill aimed at reducing the opportunity for the immigration system to be finessed by 'open border' lawyers. This is not before time. It remains to be seen, however, whether this bill - should it eventually become law - will make any difference to the legal challenges. With no plans to derogate from the ECHR, it seems optimistic to think this will succeed.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org is non-partisan. One of the charts we have published above clearly shows that this problem has not been dealt with by either Labour, Coalition, or Conservative governments over decades.

The issue of illegal immigration is of course only part of the story. Boat migrants may now hit the headlines but as we have reported before, the problems of excess legal immigration far outweigh the boat migrant narrative.

We leave it up to readers to comment on this whole issue but it's abundantly clear to us that a government that can get a grip of this issue is far more likely to do well at the next general election.

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