Over 50,000 Migrants Have Crossed Channel Since Labour Took Office
12th August 2025
More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office, official figures are expected to confirm on Tuesday.
The most recent Home Office figures showed that 49,797 people had arrived by small boat since Labour won the general election in July last year.
That total is expected to rise after a further 430 migrants made the journey from France on Monday.
Starmer came into power pledging to “smash the gangs” behind the Channel crossings. However, analysis shows that the number of people who arrived in the UK via small boats in the first half of this year was 48 per cent higher than in the same period last year.
Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, suggested that migrants housed in hotels could instead be held in “camps” to take them out of local communities.
Badenoch said people “don’t feel safe” as she visited Epping in Essex, where protesters have gathered in recent weeks near a hotel housing asylum seekers.
The term ‘feckless’ comes immediately to mind.
Why are they letting France do this to them? They’re no longer part of the E.U. They don’t have to put up with this shit.