Captain Haddock wrote:Over 22,000 now this year.
To put things in perspective the O2 Arena in London can hold 20,000.
And your point is.....
The only thing you are putting into perspective is your own agenda to scaremonger without actually providing a solution?
In 2021, 573,000 people migrated to the UK and 334,000 people emigrated, leaving an increase of 239,000 additions to the population (source:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06077/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%20ending%20June,and%20out%20of%20the%20country. )
Take into account the fact that there are so many ways to enter the UK legally and then stay here illegally, how many of those 22,000 would have come in via other routes if the maritime trafficking was not so easy, and suddenly the 22,000 doesn't seem so bad? Don't forget that a few of those babies and children who have been trafficked might grow up to be an NHS surgeon, a headteacher or even discover the cure for cancer. You have no idea and can't tell me you do!
Thankfully, your sensationalist posts are probably not seen by many, so you carry on ranting about how terrible it is and thankfully this thread will tail off when most of us are no longer around and people like my son or daughter will have a say in the future of the UK.
