12/08/2026
π€ Our Guy Dampier in The Telegraph on why people smugglers keep finding new ways across the Channel.
βInstead [the UK] needs to end the pull factor, which means making it impossible to claim asylum if you arrive illegally.β
As crossing methods evolve and new records are set with the recent crossing of 230 migrants on one vessel, this article explores the limits of enforcement-based approaches and argues that policy should focus on reducing the incentives that drive illegal migration in the first place.
Read here π
Labour needs to block the incentives for migrants who choose to put their lives in hands of the gangs