This week is the government's unofficial 'small boats week', where it wants to talk about its efforts to get a grip on the number of people crossing the English Channel on a small boat.Īs well as examining the success of the various policies being implemented (see post at 8.27), another measure of whether the government is succeeding is, of course, how many people are making the crossing.ġ5,027 people have crossed the Channel since Rishi Sunak's 'five pledges' speech on 5 January this year, according to the daily Home Office reports on the number of migrants detected.
