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Britain needs to take back control of its borders

5 November 2022

8:00 PM

5 November 2022

8:00 PM

Britain has lost control of its borders. Over the last four years, the number of asylum-seekers and illegal migrants who have arrived unlawfully in Britain in small boats, after passing through safe countries, has rocketed from just 299 to nearly 40,000.

This year, so far, the number of people crossing the Channel each month has surged from 1,000 back in January to more than 7,000 in September.

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