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More than 800 migrants cross Channel in December record
BBC News ^ | 21 December 2025 | Stuart Maisner, Author,Simon Jones

Posted on 12/21/2025 6:59:45 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

More than 800 migrants in 13 boats crossed the English Channel on Saturday, according to Home Office data.

The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be due to a backlog of people wanting to get across to Kent because of recent bad weather.

It takes the total for the year to 41,455 people, surpassing 2024, when there were 36,816 for the entire year.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The number of small boat crossings are shameful and the British people deserve better."

The 803 migrants were brought ashore at Dover by Border Force and RNLI vessels.

While the number of people making the dangerous journey across the Channel has risen more swiftly in 2025 than recent years, the yearly total has still not surpassed that of 2022, when 45,755 arrived.

The government statement added: "This Government is taking action. We have removed almost 50,000 people who were here illegally, and our historic deal with the French means those who arrive on small boats are now being sent back."

Meanwhile, French authorities came to the assistance of several small boats attempting to make the crossing over the weekend. In a statement, the Maritime Prefecture of the English Channel and the North Sea said 151 people were rescued and taken back to France.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: barbarianinvasion; barbarians; invaders; invasion

1 posted on 12/21/2025 6:59:45 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

They obviously have enough Muslims there already to destroy everything.


2 posted on 12/21/2025 7:04:26 AM PST by albie
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To: MinorityRepublican

> It takes the total for the year to 41,455 people <

I doubt that the UK has an official at every beach, counting the new arrivals. So that number is probably much higher.


3 posted on 12/21/2025 7:05:54 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

All wanting their bank account of cash and free Hotel with all the white women they can get ?


4 posted on 12/21/2025 7:08:36 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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In a statement, the Maritime Prefecture of the English Channel and the North Sea said 151 people were rescued and taken back to France.

They should all be taken back to France.

When somebody arrives on your border and you reject them entry, they are typically forced to return to the country they attempted to enter from. All of these illegals should be boated back to France.

5 posted on 12/21/2025 7:09:21 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The irony. The UK wants to draft GB’s young men to fight Russia and protect Ukraine ‘s borders.


6 posted on 12/21/2025 7:20:15 AM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I know this is changing the subject, but 437 years ago the English defeated the Spanish Armada.


7 posted on 12/21/2025 7:25:29 AM PST by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

You can never have too many muslims.


8 posted on 12/21/2025 7:27:13 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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What country is sending these illegals?

Bomb that country.


9 posted on 12/21/2025 7:34:59 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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A Home Office spokesperson said: "The number of small boat crossings are shameful and the British people deserve better."

Here's the Home Office Secretary with the Prime Minister.

Both say they want to "cut down on boat migration" - while record numbers of "migrants" continue to pour into Britain.

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10 posted on 12/21/2025 7:58:19 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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The government statement added: "This Government is taking action. We have removed almost 50,000 people who were here illegally, and our historic deal with the French means those who arrive on small boats are now being sent back."

Finally...

11 posted on 12/21/2025 8:02:46 AM PST by GOPJ (Democrats stand with criminals, dope dealers, illegals & terrorists. <P><I><B><big><center></B>)
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To: Jeff Chandler

/Vlad wept….


12 posted on 12/21/2025 8:11:04 AM PST by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The world’s sick, lame and lazy are still pouring into the “evil” whitey’s world. Living in bush huts eating missionaries for all these centuries just never seem to worked out for them.


13 posted on 12/21/2025 8:42:54 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Freedom isn' FREE. Neither is Socialism. Somebody has to pay the tab for the freeloaders invaders.)
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Can’t the Royal Navy sink a few small boats?


14 posted on 12/21/2025 8:45:08 AM PST by xxqqzz
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The stats are in. England has a rape problem. Its not the indigenous people.


15 posted on 12/21/2025 9:44:16 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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Sink the invaders boats.

Send them back now before they can kill.


16 posted on 12/21/2025 10:26:20 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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If they can count them why can’t they stop them?


17 posted on 12/21/2025 12:06:44 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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