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Almost 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel over the Bank Holiday weekend, according to Home Office figures. While the 8,565 people who have crossed the Channel so far in 2026 is 37% lower than at the same point last year, the government is still playing a game of smoke and mirrors. While net migration was down in 2025 (the number of folks entering the UK versus leaving) there were still over 600,000 long-term non-European migrants coming in.

Yes, that represents a drop from nearly 800,000, but when our country still has a virtual open border and remains fully signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) can we really trust this Labour government? The same Labour government which, like the Tories before it, retains an extremely broad definition of refugees under the UN refugee convention, and lacks a coherent system of time-limited work permits.

The latter would satisfy needs of the labour market without deluging the UK. As for the possible future PM Andy Burnham saying he supports the Home Secretary’s tough stance on migration, was that a pig I spotted overhead?

The small boat crossings keep going (from safe country France, lest we forget) and the ‘one in, one out’ policy with that country remains little more than a gimmick.

A total of 989 people arrived in the UK in 14 boats between Friday and Monday. In other words, more than one in ten people entering illegally so far this year arrived during the Bank Holiday.

The summer months will bring more crossings now under the not-so-watchful eye of a could-care-less Labour government. Who cares if it’s Sir Keir and Andy B: the UK is stuffed while this lot is in power.