UK’s Small Boats Crisis Is ‘Potential National Security Risk’

The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel has hit a new record for the first six months of a calendar year.
Home Office figures show 257 people made the journey in four boats on Sunday, taking the provisional total for the year so far to 12,901.
Former chief immigration officer Kevin Saunders joins Talk’s Ian Collins to discuss this further.
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Also there should be a National State of Emergency announced, and put the military on the boarders to protect our country from the invasion.

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[@Theforestbandit]

STARMER WILL HOUSE SO MANY MIGRANTS BUT HE WONT HAVE ANY TAX MONEY LEFT TO PAY HIS OWN WAGES .

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LABOUR AND CONSERVATIVE TALK CRAP

[@TonyToning-ne7uq]

same party under different names...

[@wendyholland2339]

It's our chance let's take it

[@marklayland5424]

Reform is the only sensible option

[@robtheplod]

They are massing in Calais... but dont worry its not an invasion...

[@williamgould2855]

what could go wrong ?

[@paranoidmarty]

More B/S. just don’t give them any state money. They’ll not come if NO Handouts ☘️🇬🇧👍

[@arthurharrison7675]

Vote Reform.

[@cyndy2484]

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[@barryetheridge6639]

Why is it everyone in the country knows how to stop the boats apart from the people in power

[@drizzle952]

Because they want them here.

[@rickyraw5457]

Better still stop letting them in ......

[@acesilver2227]

From a Northern Ireland neighbour I don't even want to come to the UK as it is

[@jacquib256]

Why can’t we form en mass on the beaches and stop them physically landing on our soil

[@johnhenderson1443]

This is the plan

[@peterslinger3795]

Potential? After those Palestine protests, I'd say definitely

[@LincsEnigma]

Waiting for the Olympics as well with no police stopping any boats. 50,000 in July

[@boota1979]

What about all the 'legal' immigrants are they all snow white?

[@KevinMurphy-kk6yz]

All young men of military age…no woman or children on the dinghy’s…..

[@canuck3169]

Potential ? No it is a security risk, there’s nothing potential about it

[@evelinewinskill4066]

Baldrick Sunak and his cunning plan

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[@jaybee4288]

We need to stop saying illegal migrants and start just saying migrants.

[@nedson6503]

It's too vague.

[@bernardlandymore7372]

Its an invading army and should be treated as such.

[@fz1fazer999]

6 months from now see how many Labour voters say " I wish I hadn't voted for them now "

[@catherineclark4484]

They still keep saying we will stop the boats, but their bloody not and I'm getting pissed off with it

[@AndrewCoombes-nv2qo]

Tell him to start sending them back ASAP that means now if he wants to keep his job and his reputation simples

[@garriejackson9551]

Absolute bullshit

[@IbHansen-ic9yr]

Yes, you must have drones and boats out to catch them and send them home from day 1

[@davidhargreaves-e6h]

The uncontrolled importation of cultural chaos & organised crime could be considered a "potential national security risk" ..... 😂 ... Thats a statement of the obvious is it not ... Yet it's allowed to continue unabated!!

[@bevila4753]

There be a stink up of a row thank god Reform is opersite Labour in house commons to try advice starmer in right direction Labour must listen to Reform while they both arguing, hopefully Reform wins election bypass Labour this is why we need to Vote Reform.

[@petersulley3595]

Vote liebour get more illegal immigrants Conservative more illegal immigrants

[@woolmer608]

I can’t see any government sorting this horrendous mess out.We should be turning these boats back by using force if necessary but our Lilly livered governments won’t do it.Starmer wants to catch the smugglers but he’s going to need help from the EU to do that and don’t expect any help from them.

[@edenshorthousesthouse1925]

Why is it safety for them but dangerous for me?

[@TravellingMan20]

Kick them out ?….they would rather bring them here, treat them like valued guests, put them in a nice hotel until the taxpayers can build them a nice new house.

[@maudieedwards9332]

We should worry about our children and their futures don't sit there and not be proactive defend our country protect our children and vote Reform and Nigel Farage who gets things done...

[@catherineclark4484]

When asked about why can't we protect our borders, all sunak could say was, the numbers are down, but he still couldn't say how he would stop it, he's deluded, even though I prefer him to starmer

[@WilliamYoung-in5pp]

Security risk naw

[@lesmccomb3249]

Open borders force

[@richessery8475]

And how do you identify an illegal immigrant as opposed to a genuine refugee? God, journalists, particularly right wing journalists are so thick.

[@sugarbertie1143]

Because very few of them if any are refugees. Refugees bring their families from war torn countries, don't throw their ID documents away and are not just young lone fighting age men. France is not at war either. That's how you tell, not hard is it?

[@Tobyjug390]

You will have to vote REFORM for that to happen. No good voting for Labor then.

[@1adamscho]

This is what they want they won’t stop nothing

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[@rontaylor995]

Vote Reform uk. Save the future of our grandchildren.

[@stequality]

Unfortunately the public have no interest in them

[@FDCAFOK]

​@@stequalityDon't be too sure about that. I've seen many comments saying they're voting for them, and many saying their family and friends are voting for them. I'm voting for them, so is my wife and our friends.

[@DavidM-gx8fs]

@@stequality what planet are you on ?

[@richessery8475]

rontaylor995 I have no interest in your grandchildren. After all their grandparents seem to be xenophobic intolerant clowns who are poor role models.

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@@stequality Berk!

[@Zoro007]

' It is a National Security Risk' and unfortunately it will be the general public who will suffer and be affected any idiot could see and tell you that. VOTE REFORM....and stay alert and safe..👍👍👍👍👍

[@debbiewatts5377]

It's been a security risk for years now. So why now ????

[@judyparsons1333]

They are hoping to desensitise us we don't know who is coming I thought the first duty of a government is to protect its people

[@Zoro007]

@@debbiewatts5377 Exactly correct....they treat the public like idiots...those who have the power to do something about it...have chosen to completely ignore it... Pathetic..!!!!

[@lesliecarter4295]

Vote Labour and get more migration… Not less …!

[@AmyRipley-x4t]

No thanks

[@johncook8141]

100% EXACTLY So!!!!!!!!!!

[@garriejackson9551]

Brains of a pimple

[@tonystreet3574]

I don't understand "can't find the people smugglers" they have got RNLI and BORDER FORCE on the side of their boats!!! VOTE REFORM

[@Debbiexxx]

But they can find u if u are using a fire stick 🤦‍♀️😂😂😂

[@stardust4987]

Its a National security risk when you allow boat loads of men from Middle Eastern and African Countries or any Country for that matter,land on your shores with no idea who they are. Irresponsible and dangerous.

[@drizzle952]

Strange that the authorities don't think so....

[@johnwilliam1945]

@@drizzle952 they dont fn care ,they want cheap workers

[@drizzle952]

@@johnwilliam1945 And maybe the destruction of our culture...

[@richessery8475]

drizzle952 Oh yes. And what exactly is 'our culture '? Please tell me how you define it, you dismal halfwit.

[@liliancarroll3189]

It's a disgrace and has been going on long enough. Gov job to protect the people in this country. They have not used our forces to do so.

[@johnbewick6357]

Sunak still doesn't understand that we don't believe a word he says. VOTE REFORM for some action.

[@allanfoster5418]

Vote Reform to save us.

[@PeterFailey-Smith]

Save us from what?

[@valerieallchin4851]

Labour!​@@PeterFailey-Smith

[@horracemarsland1384]

Send them BACK asap !!!!!!!

[@stevenmcghee5254]

Labour or tories win Britain's fucked.

[@PeterFailey-Smith]

Where have you been for the last fourteen years?

[@colinnewmarch1106]

Not a potential crisis, it is a National emergency, deploy the Royal Navy, take them back to France ,if it upsets the French,withdraw fishing licences ,failing that, happy to chip in for barbed wire

[@PreciousWexford]

Reform all the way

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[@MrShaunsk]

I predict that six months into Starmer's premiership, there will be tent cities all over the country.

[@d.pbriers8060]

I have just gone to my local petrol station in the countryside. Four cars out of 6 there had young, bearded Muslim men buying petrol. I was totally shocked. They were very intimidating.

[@horracemarsland1384]

What a laughing stock our country is now....its all gone pear shaped.

[@colin17031]

Keir Starmer will give them eurostar tickets

[@Heheyeahbwoi]

If the boats had a swastika on or a Chinese flag or Russian … would this be allowed…………….. we don’t know who these people are!

[@sh.4409]

There is Muslim army here!

[@christinehill8611]

I agree with you! It will soon kick off!

[@anthonymichaelwilson8401]

Farage for Prim minister 😊

[@mariechungoora297]

Farage cannot become Prime Minister unless REFORM wins majority. WE ALL WISH THAT FARAGE COULD BECOME PRIME MINISTER. Then we can sleep peacefully every night. GOD BLESS FARAGE .HE IS OUR SAVIOUR.

[@ronaldwhite5275]

This cannot continue these boats must be stopped by any means necessary unless you want Britain to become a third world country with a viscous civil war continuing for years. And if Starmer gives amnesty to those already here he is asking for serious trouble.

[@waynekimkeran1581]

Get them out is the main thing not to try and find who is coming

[@3D_Printing]

5:57 do a deal with Russia

[@km4089]

All by design. Labour and Conservative get their orders from the same place above.

[@jammybadger6514]

If you can't remove them because we dont know their real identity. Why do we have to let them in? If they can't prove who they are. We should have the right to say no.

[@janpetersen7440]

A bit about headless immigration in general a quote from the web: "Immigration could cost the Dutch exchequer Є600 billion over the next two decades if current trends remain unchained according to academics from the University of Amsterdam's School of Economics." God knows what the corresponding figures are for the UK. 🤔

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Keep the boats coming it’s a vote winner for reform 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@jacquib256]

Both Keir and Rishi are so far removed from reality and should let the immigrants move into their establishments and set up camps in the lush grounds - might change their minds

[@jacquib256]

Keirs is taking back handers from the traffickers

[@karlowens5632]

So why has nothing been done in the last 5 years

[@maninst7145]

Dont kick them out!!! DONT LET THEM IN IN THE FIRST PLACE FFS!!!!

[@malcolmrickeard6674]

🇬🇧 Fly the flag high for Britain "VOTE REFORM" 💯

[@gavindouglas7020]

HELL IS COMING

[@1adamscho]

It’s already here

[@MattF12765]

That former immigration officer is in cloud cuckoo land. Sunak could haver said Rwanda is on fire and in full gear, they would still be queuing to come over as they know we are complete and utter spineless nerds.

[@thomasbradley8372]

We won't have a crisis once Labour is in... flood gates will be open for all, to come into England.

[@Raymondcross-u8w]

In boats to vote Labour.

[@kenking1228]

Not potential!,it is a national security risk!.😬

[@djnefario4566]

REFORM! All the way!

[@waynekimkeran1581]

Labour and tories might as well give each migrant in France a ticket to use the channel train instead of boats. It wont cost £500m

[@ElaineAustin-dp5jo]

Vote Reform 👍

[@jonahharpoon2]

Small my arse!

[@valeriegrimshaw1365]

Sunak...what an utter clown...vote REFORM

[@kulbirmann5524]

As a singh i can telll you they been told to came, its invasions jihad 😮

[@christinehill8611]

Just what I think!

[@welshinu]

Put me on a boat with a mini G - n it will all stop 😁

[@dawnhunter6965]

Never mind Potential Risk ! A 70 year old man was murdered in Hartlepool , that’s just one incident 🖕

[@Grizleea]

Invasion they should sort there own countries out government to blame

[@htony579]

I bet Priti Patel is overwhelmingly ecstatic that she's no longer involved in this. Good move Priti!

[@Colin-o9t]

Stop waffling and whining about this( as you have for years) and fix it !

[@briancoombes9789]

It’s always been a security risk for Christ sake everyone in the country knows that

[@anneheard9381]

Just hot air. While hes talking how many more are coming across? Summer now

[@jamesdiamond6139]

the aid is going to the migrant hotels when it should be going to our NHS.

[@guy4469]

My sister lives in Belgium she said there is thousands wating for july and august to cross ,

[@johngriffin9476]

The government has allowed this mess we are in Britian is finished

[@PeteLambo-dc8bm]

No wonder they don’t want to stop the boats. They are all betting on how many come each day.

[@Davidisborne-bf7jk]

Starmer and sunak dont seem to think it is a matter of national security farrage is the only one who speaks sense out of the 3 of them at all starmer and sunak speak a load of shite

[@wendyholland2339]

Reform everyone I now

[@jamesbradley7227]

Close the border