1,027 irregular migrants arrive here on rubber boats in the last 24 hours.

Actually correct the above - DH went out to the boulangerie earlier for the croissants, (French bakers thankfully don't strike!). He said the sea was choppy, so, who knows, maybe there will be fewer crossings.
In my opinion it's getting like a game - if it weren't so serious.

Today would be a good day for the small boats to leave from France. It appears that half the country is busy elsewhere striking, so won't take any notice.

Did I read somewhere (??) that the latest hairbrained idea is to hand refugees in Calais leaflets explaining some of the one in one out issues if they arrive in the UK? That's really going to be a deterrent!

31,000 illegal immigrants have arrived on boats this year.

850 of those in the last 24 hours.

Truly shocking.

To the locals it’s Llandod.

Oreo

CariadAgain

Llandrindod Wells - that was the town I was thinking of and that was the reason I rejected it just-in-case.

What a brilliant name for a town, no idea how to pronounce it tho.

Just checked - and I've been saying it wrong. Apparently the first syllable is pronounced "THlan"

So Thlan-dree-n-dod

But it took me ages to realise that towns didn't have two names - it was both the name and the translation for the name on there.

I gather many people can't roll their tongues enough to do these pronunciations - though I've discovered I'm not one of them and I can say them if I want to.

CariadAgain

Llandrindod Wells - that was the town I was thinking of and that was the reason I rejected it just-in-case.

What a brilliant name for a town, no idea how to pronounce it tho.

theworriedwell

kircubbin2000

I have just seen a document listing all the HMOs in my area and also the planning for more. There are hundreds of them scattered all over the poorer areas of town and also some in the wealthier suburbs.These have been bought under the radar and I feel sorry for any neighbours who find 5 or 6 young men living next door with no employment or compatible values.

A house full of British students can be a nightmare. I know a care home with a student house nextdoor and the noise through the night is terrible. Freshers is a particular nightmare.

That's often so too. I know it was all part of a package of reasons why I had to move from my last house (ie it was a very mixed area and that included some houses big enough to be "student houses" and they were). I wasn't near enough to them to be bothered unless they were VERY loud - but they werent far away.

Part of my reasoning for buying my current house - besides the "Where on earth is my detached house with garden in reasonable area? I should have had that decades ago" and so I had to move to a cheaper part of the country to get it was the general sort of area I lived in. So I chose a house right next to a "posh and going even further up" area in a lower-price/but reasonable area I thought would also go up. Yep...I did call that one correct.

kircubbin2000

I have just seen a document listing all the HMOs in my area and also the planning for more. There are hundreds of them scattered all over the poorer areas of town and also some in the wealthier suburbs.These have been bought under the radar and I feel sorry for any neighbours who find 5 or 6 young men living next door with no employment or compatible values.

A house full of British students can be a nightmare. I know a care home with a student house nextdoor and the noise through the night is terrible. Freshers is a particular nightmare.

Llandrindod Wells - that was the town I was thinking of and that was the reason I rejected it just-in-case.

kircubbin2000

I have just seen a document listing all the HMOs in my area and also the planning for more. There are hundreds of them scattered all over the poorer areas of town and also some in the wealthier suburbs.These have been bought under the radar and I feel sorry for any neighbours who find 5 or 6 young men living next door with no employment or compatible values.

Can I ask how you obtained this document please? I presume one uses a similar method to obtain this information anywhere in the country?

Admits I'm now thinking "When I was deciding whereabouts in Wales I might move to there was a town I rejected back then - because it had a huge number of old bed and breakfast places up for sale for very reasonable prices - as no-one wanted them in 2013". I think the outlook is probably very different for that town now all round.....just as I anticipated it would be....

I have just seen a document listing all the HMOs in my area and also the planning for more. There are hundreds of them scattered all over the poorer areas of town and also some in the wealthier suburbs.These have been bought under the radar and I feel sorry for any neighbours who find 5 or 6 young men living next door with no employment or compatible values.

Quite a lot of people don't care about humane.

Mollygo

Maremia

It's time the Government starting 'talking up' their successes.
Thanks J52

Doing that might help to remove focus on what they haven’t done, or the impact on those who feel they have been badly affected, when they were hoping for better after the last government.

Well Rome wasn’t built in a day. It does show progress, though obviously we are a long way from a humane solution.

Sarnia

A seemingly never ending list of hopeless Home Secretaries. Rinse and repeat.
This lovely country has been ruined by their inability to stop and return those who have no right to live here.

Spot on.

escaped

It's obvious that France is limited in what it can do to stop the boats. Even Macron says so. Personally I'd rather France was paid on productivity, give us results first then we'll pay, but that's another issue.

Don't expect much from France at the moment. They're far too busy with a government that's about to collapse today, and Macron desperately looking for someone to replace PM François Bayrou. (French lunchtime news) - worthy of a new thread?

Well the French PM has lost the vote of confidence. He'll be gone tomorrow. Goodness knows who Macron will call on now. What a meltdown!

30,000 too many. It’s unacceptable to most right minded people. We will see if this new Home Secretary can walk the walk. She talks a good game. No visas for countries who refuse to take them back, she says. Time will tell.

you could just seasiky say the figures were high on that day due to weather conditions

Sorry, I had to laugh, seasiky. 😆

Thankfully I've recovered from my crossing, and back into the wine and nice French foods!

theworriedwell

Right GrannyGravy you could just seasiky say the figures were high on that day due to weather conditions.

I think quoting one without the other is disingenuous, none arrived for seven days - no problem. 1027 arrived in one day - big problem. Neither is balanced is it and we know some people just read headlines so they probably think 1027 or similar are arriving every day.

I have just googled

As of 07/09/2025 small boats crossing the channel has exceeded 30,000 reaching 30,100 after a single day total of 1,097 migrants in 17 boats. This figure represents a record breaking pace, with the 30,000 mark being reached must earlier than previous years

All main stream news outlets have been leading with this story.

There is nothing wrong with the OP, it is factually correct.

some people just read headlines so they probably think 1027 or similar are arriving every day

Er no .... in this instance, FGT's headline clearly stated in the last 24 hours, not daily.
Since S Mahmood took over, in effect from last Friday.

Right GrannyGravy you could just seasiky say the figures were high on that day due to weather conditions.

I think quoting one without the other is disingenuous, none arrived for seven days - no problem. 1027 arrived in one day - big problem. Neither is balanced is it and we know some people just read headlines so they probably think 1027 or similar are arriving every day.

FGT is right at 13.39. There's no point seeing all this in isolation from our side of The Channel in the UK. Come to France, listen to them talking about the challenges, the lack of money and the lack of personnel available to police the area and to make any difference.

GrannyGravy13

theworriedwell

FriedGreenTomatoes2

And they will keep on coming. Shabana Mahmood has her work cut out.

Isn't the other way to look at this none arrived in the previous week?

I think that was due to weather conditions in the channel

Yes, I said this from experience earlier in the thread! 🌊 🤢

None travel for a few days, then it's double the number when the sea calms.

theworriedwell

FriedGreenTomatoes2

And they will keep on coming. Shabana Mahmood has her work cut out.

Isn't the other way to look at this none arrived in the previous week?

I think that was due to weather conditions in the channel

FriedGreenTomatoes2

And they will keep on coming. Shabana Mahmood has her work cut out.

Isn't the other way to look at this none arrived in the previous week?

My medic dd is in a training post. She’s one of very few of her cohort who’ve been fortunate enough to get into training. Many of her peers have either left medicine altogether or they’ve gone abroad because they can’t jobs in the UK.

As Foxie refers, there are currently 20,000 unemployed UK-trained young doctors in this country. Some have no work at all, some work in Costa/Aldi, some have gone to jobs outside medicine and many are working abroad. She knows of entire friendship groups who’ve left, four or five doctors who emigrate together. Some are now settling down with buying houses and starting families and won’t be coming back.