Migrant deaths show we desperately need a solution to deadly small boats crisis
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THE deaths yesterday of another three migrants in the Channel shames Britain and France. More than 1,300 have illegally crossed since Christmas. Yet a solution to the deadly trade is as far away as ever. More than 150,000 have arrived here illegally since records began in 2018 — a town the size of Blackpool.
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At least 287 are believed to have died in the attempt. Endless empty promises of a crackdown also followed in the wake of the death of two-year-old Alan Kurdi in the Mediterrenean back in 2015. But Labour has since scrapped the Rwanda scheme which was the only available deterrent.
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to crack down on the smuggling gangs and is spending £15million on spy satellites to track ringleaders. But following yesterday’s deaths off the coast of Sangatte, the local Mayor summed up the scale of the problem.
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“It never stops,” he said. “It’s crossing after crossing, without any let-up.”. His despair summed up the folly of tackling the evil supply of small boats without addressing the massive demand among migrants to reach Britain. The thugs trading in human misery are still laughing at hapless ministers.
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Even as the bodies pile up. LABOUR’S rocky start in Government will get much worse if it whacks up taxes again next year. A new poll revealed Keir Starmer would lose his majority if an election was held today. It proves he has little room for error among fed up Brits.
