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More than 700 people cross Channel in small boats
BBC News ^ | Tue, June 16, 2026

Posted on 06/16/2026 8:46:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

More than 700 people have crossed the Channel on 11 small boats - the highest number in a single day so far this year.

The Home Office said 710 migrants made the crossing on Monday.

It follows two weeks of windy weather when there were no crossings at all.

A total of 9,852 people have made the journey so far this year - a fall of 40% compared with the same period in 2025.

The Home Office has said it was "bearing down" on small boat crossings.

In April, the UK and France confirmed a new £662m deal to stop migrants from crossing the Channel.

A landmark deal was signed with France to boost "enforcement action on beaches and put people smugglers behind bars", a Home Office spokesperson said.

It will involve France deploying millions of pounds worth of drones, two helicopters and a camera system to intercept people smugglers and illegal migrants.

Riot-trained police will also be sent to French beaches as part of the deal.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; European Union; Foreign Affairs; France; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 6june1944; aliens; eussr; fourthreich; happensallthetime; invasion; rapefugees; whatelseisnew

1 posted on 06/16/2026 8:46:03 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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Is a boat holding avg approx. 60 some people “small


2 posted on 06/16/2026 8:51:41 AM PDT by desertsolitaire (w)
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3 posted on 06/16/2026 8:52:15 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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‘bearing down’


4 posted on 06/16/2026 8:53:01 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: MinorityRepublican

LOL. UK neo-marxist government crowed about how their special-forces seized a “Russian Tanker” off Dover

But they can’t stop rubber dinghies full of illegals....


5 posted on 06/16/2026 8:56:57 AM PDT by PGR88
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6 posted on 06/16/2026 8:57:46 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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But they can’t stop rubber dinghies full of illegals....

Which is intentional just like we had open borders under the Biden Administration.

7 posted on 06/16/2026 8:58:18 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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> More than 700 people have crossed the Channel on 11 small boats <

Finally some good news!

Oh, wait. These boats are going to the UK, not from the UK.

Never mind.


8 posted on 06/16/2026 9:03:52 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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Excellent idea. That will cut down on all this knuckledragger illegal immigration.


9 posted on 06/16/2026 9:15:32 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (No Kings. No Fuhrers either. Tell the lobster heads to keep Adolph the Nazi out of Congress!!!)
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Pure invasion. Nearly 1,000 a day


10 posted on 06/16/2026 9:32:42 AM PDT by RandFan
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"bearing down" -- LOL. This would be serious "bearing down"...


11 posted on 06/16/2026 9:37:22 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

No border, no country

Including here in the U.S.


12 posted on 06/16/2026 10:22:13 AM PDT by Made In The USA (One and Two and Three and Four and)
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“The Home Office said 710 migrants made the crossing on Monday.

The Home Office said 710 invaders made the crossing on Monday.

There, fixed it


13 posted on 06/16/2026 10:51:38 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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The Home Office has said it was "bearing down" on small boat crossings.

Sure. Elsewhere in the article it stated that rough weather was to blame.

What needs to happen is immediate arrest, denial of access to the British welfare state, and return to the EU, which organization has done nothing but support the invasion. It's literally their problem. What is actually happening is coddling at a level that makes the Big Rock Candy Mountain look like a gulag.

14 posted on 06/16/2026 10:59:22 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Torpedoes still work


15 posted on 06/16/2026 11:19:04 AM PDT by montag813
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Remember when Britannia ruled the waves? Today the Brits cannot even stop an invasion across the English Channel.

They seem to have forgotten what happened when invaders crossed the Channel in 1066.

They seem to have forgotten lots of things.

16 posted on 06/16/2026 12:04:31 PM PDT by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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Sink the boats.


17 posted on 06/16/2026 2:36:36 PM PDT by nonliberal (Pinochet did nothing wrong.)
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I do not understand this.

By international treaty, asylum seekers must request asylum in the FIRST country they step into from their home country.

The 710 refugees are NOT French or Belgian.

The UK should just load all of them on an empty cargo ship, and send them straight back across the English Channel.

Why does the UK keep accepting - and supporting - these people?

18 posted on 06/16/2026 2:55:29 PM PDT by zeestephen (2024 Trump Landslide - Kamala Harris Lost By 230,000 Votes In WI, MI, and PA.)
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Why does the UK keep accepting - and supporting - these people?

Because they will vote for Labour Party in the future.

19 posted on 06/16/2026 3:13:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

From Dunkirk, It’s Kirkdun now.

And no one fights, just biitches.


20 posted on 06/16/2026 5:04:04 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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