A poll has revealed that a plurality of Britons support standing up to France to address illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A plurality of around four in 10 Britons believe that the British government needs to take a tougher stance against France to address illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel, according to polling data. Significantly, Britain has paid hundreds of millions of pounds to France to stop the crossings, but the number of interceptions has actually declined. 📺 DETAIL: According to a poll conducted by YouGov, the largest polling firm in Britain, 41 percent of Britons think their government should take a tougher stance against France. By contrast, 35 percent supported a closer relationship with France to stop the boats transporting illegal migrants across the English Channel. The poll also revealed that 79 percent of supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which has pitched a military operation to return boat migrants to France, believe the government should take a tougher stance. Sixty-seven percent of people supporting Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch’s nominally center-right Conservative Party said the same. In contrast, only 24 percent of Labour voters supported taking a harder line. Twenty-four percent of people backing the Liberal Democrats, a pro-open borders party that supports rejoining the European Union (EU), said the same. Meanwhile, only 19 percent of those backing Zack Polanski’s far-left Green Party want the government to take a tougher stance on France to stop the illegal crossings. 🎯 IMPACT: The poll reflects declining confidence in the British government’s failed “one-in, one-out” deal, which mandates that for every migrant the British government returns to France after an illegal crossing, Britain will admit one different legal migrant from France. However, earlier this month, it was revealed that 1,117 migrants have been admitted to the United Kingdom while only 1,087 illegals have been taken out of the country, for a slight increase in migrants overall. |
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