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Record 128 people cross Channel in one small boat
BBC News ^ | July 11, 2026 | Daniel Sexton and Simon Jones

Posted on 07/12/2026 1:40:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

A small boat crossed the English Channel on Friday carrying 128 people, the largest-ever recorded number to make the journey in a single vessel.

The boat made the journey on Friday, when a total of 225 migrants crossed the Channel on three boats.

More than 12,000 people have reached the UK in small boats so far this year, a fall of 44% on the same period last year.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "Smuggling gangs are taking greater risks than ever, with the number of people they are cramming into unseaworthy boats rising year on year."

The previous record for the number of migrants in one vessel was 125.

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1 posted on 07/12/2026 1:40:58 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

“”Smuggling gangs are taking greater risks than ever, with the number of people they are cramming into unseaworthy boats rising year on year.””

THAT’S the risk the UK government sees? WOW!


2 posted on 07/12/2026 1:50:53 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: MinorityRepublican

reminds me of a joke from my childhood:

how do you get 500 Haitians on a cookie-sheet?

Tell them it floats.


3 posted on 07/12/2026 1:52:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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4 posted on 07/12/2026 1:57:02 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The Brits have let this one get away from them.


5 posted on 07/12/2026 1:58:16 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (hh)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tina Louise and Dawn Wells declined to board the ship.

Tina: “Nobody goes on them any more. They’re too crowded.”

tribute to:
Tina Louise (born 1934. Now age 92).
Dawn Wells (1938-2020)
Yogi Berra (1925-2015).


6 posted on 07/12/2026 2:06:45 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Wow. That’s some accomplishment. But since everyone already gets free food and housing, money, benefits and services, I’m not sure what else could be given by way of a prize


7 posted on 07/12/2026 2:14:59 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: ComputerGuy

...”The boat made the journey on Friday, when a total of 225 [unwanted and unwelcome invaders] crossed the Channel on three boats.”....

...There...! fixed that....!!


8 posted on 07/12/2026 2:16:27 PM PDT by TokarevM57 ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican; All
Somebody bought this boat.

Somebody told these people where to go to catch it.

Somebody bought them lifejackets.

Somebody hired a pilot (since these monkeys cannot navigate across successfully)

And somebody pays for this again and again and again, day after day. Month after month, year after year.

They could investigate who is organizing and funding this, both in France and back in England.

But they don't because they know what the answer will be and they don't want to go there


9 posted on 07/12/2026 2:24:34 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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“”””More than 12,000 people have reached the UK in small boats so far this year, a fall of 44% on the same period last year. “”””


A few days ago there was a story posted on FR about the new techniques being used by European airports to identify and collect data on incoming passengers.

Does the UK do the same for these boat travelers????


10 posted on 07/12/2026 2:29:12 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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“A small boat crossed the English Channel on Friday carrying 128 people”

A small boat crossed the English Channel on Friday carrying 128 INVADERS

There, fixed it


11 posted on 07/12/2026 2:41:11 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: MinorityRepublican

Sink the boat. Their drowning will send a message to the rest of them to stop coming. I have seen it first hand. They are garbage people from garbage cultures that live like that because THEY LIKE IT that way.


12 posted on 07/12/2026 2:53:40 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Reverend Wright

Wow YOU asked the right questions but as usual no answers or accountability.
UK is doing this to themselves
PLEASE don’t let us fail to stop it here.


13 posted on 07/12/2026 2:56:28 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: ComputerGuy
Ron Obvious tried to jump The Channel, but didn't make it.


14 posted on 07/12/2026 2:59:27 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican
And how many were woman and children ???


15 posted on 07/12/2026 3:04:50 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

HOW DO THEY COUNT PREGNANCIES?


16 posted on 07/12/2026 3:48:54 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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