Boats this month…

Good

Probably due to the weather I was in Portsmouth last week and it was very unseasoned and windy.

Thanks for this MayBee.

Strange how posters have stopped giving us the regular updates🤔

The latest agreement with France contained clauses.
Put simply, if the French riot trained police don’t do what they signed up for a proportion of that money will be held back.

I suppose all those, for whom this mattered SO much, will be along soon to congratulate Keir Starmer and the Labour government.

petra

The latest agreement with France contained clauses.
Put simply, if the French riot trained police don’t do what they signed up for a proportion of that money will be held back.

Yes, the PM did manage to get penalty clauses, along with the weather conditions which are not favourable for small boats at the moment.

Let’s wait and see what happens when the channel is calm, and they start launching from other countries…

Summer is just ahead of us…..

I wasn't aware people were supplying regular updates on Gransnet, but the full details are here:
www.migrationwatchuk.org/channel-crossings-tracker/
With the amount of money and resources being thrown at this there should be some progress, but a brief dip in numbers is rather meaningless unless it carries on all year....next year....the year after....the next 20 years.

LizzieDrip

I suppose all those, for whom this mattered SO much, will be along soon to congratulate Keir Starmer and the Labour government.

😳

No politicians are to be congratulated on this issue so far.

I doubt that very much LD.

It funny though when these ‘do gooders’ are asked can they take in an irregular migrant, they all have their excuses ready I
So they using these HMOs that the Labour & green voters residents don’t want & objected to.
Quite laughable as these people are such hypocrites.

Locally they are going for spread out in multi occupancy houses throughout the city not "just deprived areas". Up the road in a leafy suburb is one: I see groups in the park playing basket ball or running etc. People are OK with this generally speaking.

Where we are, nice area, mainly older people, three HMOs have been turned down. People don’t want them. It’s parking, bins, house isn’t big enough really for nine people.

Net migration lowest since 2012.

BBC

Whitewavemark2

Net migration lowest since 2012.

BBC

Yes WW … but do the facts matter to many?

And, even if they do, the next ‘scapegoat’ is already being lined up😟

MT62

It funny though when these ‘do gooders’ are asked can they take in an irregular migrant, they all have their excuses ready I
So they using these HMOs that the Labour & green voters residents don’t want & objected to.
Quite laughable as these people are such hypocrites.

Have you asked many?

Excellent news, WWM.
MT62 can you explain who " do gooders" are?
Perhaps, as a volunteer at a foodbank, a school, and local festivals, it is me?
Am I, then, one of " these people" who " are such hypocrites"?
Could you explain why, please?

Well I have just described such an area, M62. It's a Lib Dem stronghold in large Northern City. this one, in mostly private housing area.

I have just checked the 2026 details for my city. There are no migrants housed in hotels or ex hotels at all. They are in rented shared housing situations spread through the city.

I have checked some other Northern cities, they are the same.

Recently read that Labour has managed to close down around 40% of Tory Era migrant hotels.
Should be easy enough to check this.
Also, haven't they speeded up the process of assessing the claims?
Also, recent reports about the organisers being targeted and caught.

Twaddle- yep. That’s all they talk about around here at the moment.

Closing migrant hotels and barracks is completely pointless if the migrants are just going to be spread all over the country in HMOs and residential areas. It's just rearranging the deckchairs. It's Labour hoping no-one will notice how many there are by scattering them instead of placing them together in larger groups. It's an attempt to hide the true scale of the problem by deception.

Chestnut

Closing migrant hotels and barracks is completely pointless if the migrants are just going to be spread all over the country in HMOs and residential areas. It's just rearranging the deckchairs. It's Labour hoping no-one will notice how many there are by scattering them instead of placing them together in larger groups. It's an attempt to hide the true scale of the problem by deception.

I agree - it just causing concern to more of the population and more difficult to keep track of.

Where do these migrants go if/when they are granted asylum or leave to remain? Are they still funded by the tax payer with free housing and benefits? Presumably going above those Brits already on the housing list .