Shocking graphs show who is really crossing the Channel

Shocking new graphs have revealed the nationalities of people coming to Britain illegall in small boats across the Channel. A special report by up Stand for Our Sovereignty and Facts4EU for GB News unveiled new data on their age, gender, and nationality. Out of the 38,023 small boat migrant arrivals recorded in the year up until March, 87% were male and just 13% were female.

In the same period, a total of 25,879 male migrants were found to be between 18 and 39 years old, with only 5,907 over the age of 39. In terms of nationality, the top three countries were Afghanistan (5,766), Syria (4,368), and Eritrea (4,229). Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice responded to the new findings, warning of an "escalating crisis" threatening the economy and living standards.

He told the outlet: "We will never grow the economy and improve people's living standards if we don't tackle this escalating crisis and others like them.

"This latest asylum report from Stand for Our Sovereignty and GB News confirms nearly nine out of ten boat migrants are male and over 80% of these are men of fighting age - 18-39 years old.

"Last week's report put the lie to Labour's claims over hotels, uncovering the latest official figures showing over 2,700 more migrants in hotels since Starmer came to power."

This comes just days after a "mega dinghy'"carrying a record 106 migrants was found in the Channel.

Smugglers crammed the staggering number of people into "grossly overcrowded taxi boat" that somehow stayed afloat for 15 hours. The Home Office said it "is a matter of pure chance" it did not sink.

The number of boats carrying 80 or more people has spiked in the past six months.

Home Office sources have revealed more than 50 dinghies have been detected since April 2024, with more than 80 asylum seekers on board. More than a third of those have arrived in the past two months.

By contrast, five years ago the dinghies typically had about 15 on board, sources said, and smugglers have been driven by greed to cram more people on helpful calmer seas.

A record number of migrants have crossed the Channel in each of the last five months. Analysis of Home Office figures showed July's total of 5,454 represented an increase of 48% from 3,687 in 2022.