The British government has arrested a mere 0.3% of illegal migrants who crossed the English Channel, with only 56 of them actually being convicted.
Earlier this year, the Conservative government, under then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, introduced the Nationality and Borders Act, which, among other measures, created the new offence of “knowingly arriving without permission,” in order to deter the increasing number of illegal migrants illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats.
However, despite going into force on June 28 this year, only 96 illegal migrants were arrested on suspicion of creating the new crime once they had crossed the Channel. Over 40,000 migrants have crossed this year so far, with 29,400 of those crossing since 28 June.
The figures, revealed to the BBC following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, also noted that only 78 of those arrested were actually charged, and of those, 56 migrants were convicted.
“Our Nationality and Borders Act is beginning to break through this exploitative business model, with more than 280 people already arrested since it became law,” a spokesman for the Home Office told the BBC. “The figures referenced only detail those arrested for illegal arrival not illegal entry or anyone arrested for a breach of a deportation order under the new act.”
Despite the larger number of 280 people offered by the Home Office spokesman, according to the government’s own definitions, every small boat crossing will be classed under the “illegal arrival” definition, especially those intercepted at sea and escorted by Border Force vessels.
240 MIGRANTS in 5 boats were escorted across the channel yesterday
RNLI and Border Force assisted in transporting them to DOVER#BrokenBritain pic.twitter.com/d9bkVcempj
— Active Patriot (@ActivePatriotUK) December 12, 2022
In August, it was revealed that almost 40% of the most recent migrants making the crossing are from the Balkans nation of Albania, with many of them claiming asylum, despite the fact that the country is not at war.
Valiant News reported in October that terrified locals in Dover, where migrants are landing on the beaches following their crossing of the English Channel, have been harassed, with some of even arming themselves in response to them breaking into their houses to escape capture by police.
With migrants being held in hotels and other accommodation across the country, reports of rape and violence have repeatedly occurred.
One Eritrean migrant was jailed for 9 years in November following the rape of a 37-year-old woman last year, while parents near the Britannia Hotel in Standish, where he was staying have been forced to keep their children off the streets, following migrants recording children exercising at a school and sexually harassing young girls when they leave the premises.
The British government are currently forking over £5.8 million a day to house illegal migrants in hotels, with a report on Monday suggesting that holiday camps, disused military bases, and former student accommodation should be utilised to keep the cost down.
