Today, we hear that over 2,000 people have crossed the Channel illegally in a dangerous dinghy just this week alone to get to the UK.
People are prepared to risk their lives to cross the Channel from the safety of France. This is part of the reason why you and I are not getting value for money from the ever-increasing tax pot that we're all paying into.
An investigation by the Sunday Express revealed that we taxpayers have forked out £6.6 billion on asylum seeker and refugee support schemes, so those who come here via illegal means—many via dinghy—can visit the zoo, receive sandwich deliveries, tennis lessons, friendship services, and even trips to the footy to see Sir Keir Starmer’s fan-favorite, Arsenal.
The £6.6 billion is over five years and on top of the £8 million a day (which is an underestimation) we are paying to house these people in hotels and the like.
Instead of focusing on the people of this country—the majority who are paying taxes to keep all this going—the government seems obsessed with ensuring that the people of the UK are perceived as nice.
Now, when I was younger, my mum used to do something a bit like that. She’d get all the chocolate biscuits out when my friends came to visit, and then, as soon as we said goodbye, the nice biscuits vanished and it was back to the cream crackers.
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People would say, "Oh, your mum’s really nice" and praise her generosity. But how would we look to our neighbours if they discovered that we actually only ate dry old cream crackers?
How would the rest of the world perceive the UK if we did what, say, France or Greece does—just give asylum seekers the basics until we can determine whether they’re legitimate or not?
Now, I’m not saying we shouldn’t assist people who need help. I’m saying, how on earth will we be able to determine who the genuine ones are if the incentives to get here are such a pull factor?
Why wouldn’t someone try to get here when there’s at least £6 billion worth of goodies on offer?
The money? Well, it went toward 200 government and local council-funded schemes over five years.
One was a contract for the Wethersfield asylum accommodation site, which would greet arrivals with over £20,000 worth of sports coaches and equipment for things like tennis, volleyball, and athletics, which they could indulge in four times a day, three times a week. I have to pay for the gym, yet they get all of this for free.
Other facilities provided a friend for each adult that arrived at the facilities in Bristol, London, and Hull. The Home Office even put in an order for a cool £1.1 million worth of SIM cards and mobile phones, placing an initial order of 2,000, each phone requiring at least 60 gigs of data.
And once they’re here, these people can roam freely, even though we don’t know who they are. In the case of Abbey Wood and Millicent, who arrived by small boat this week, one even called for the slaughter of all Jews.
Almost 1,700 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally in the past weekGettyEven when we’ve worked out who they are, we still can’t find them to send them back.
But what is Sir Keir Starmer doing about all this? They’re posturing on the international stage, chucking money into a foreign war.
I don’t even think they’ve noticed the latest 2,000 illegal entries this week. Instead, they’re focusing their efforts on telling us how many new houses they’re going to build, even though it’ll never be enough if we carry on with this level of migration.
And they’re cutting benefits for the needy and reducing the blob. Fine. Do all that. But the biggest threat to this country is not fighting foreign wars—it’s protecting our borders.
