The cost of illegal Channel crossings is placing a massive financial burden on Britain, according to stark calculations revealed by Steven Woolfe, Director of The Centre For Migration & Economic Prosperity.
Speaking to GB News, Woolfe broke down the startling figures, stating that for every 360 migrants crossing the Channel, people smugglers profit by £1.8million.
The financial impact on British taxpayers is even more significant, he explained, with each group of 360 migrants costing approximately £20million per year to support.
"So if you're going down to 300, I did the calculation of 360 every £318million, that's what it will cost us the next year for those 300, and it will make £1.5million for the people smugglers," Woolfe said.
Woolfe's concerns stem from his long-standing observations of the situation in Calais, dating back to 2014.
He recalled visiting the first camps in Calais during a wet December that year, after the French government received hundreds of millions in funding to establish a new facility.
"Six months later, I went with the Daily Express to have a look at that same camp. The camp was full," Woolfe told GB News.
"They were also filling up the sides of the roads with shantytowns, that hasn't changed since 2014. The French have effectively allowed that to happen since that period of time," he added.
Woolfe emphasised that Britain's key responsibility lies in creating effective deterrents against Channel crossings.
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"Our responsibility is to prevent and give them a deterrent not to come, and we really never done that since 2014," he told GB News.
"It is no surprise that we're getting so many come over on the Channel boats now," he added.
Woolfe delivered a pointed critique of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's ability to address the migration crisis.
"I don't think Keir Starmer has got the cultural ability to be able to do anything," he told GB News.
Woolfe pointed to Starmer's background as a barrister, suggesting this influences his approach to migration issues.
He highlighted Starmer's previous work in chambers "that was about keeping these people here under the the guise of the European Court of Human Rights and International Law."
Woolfe concluded: "And then he's in a Labour Party, that find it culturally difficult to actually deal with the real problems that huge mass migration brings in, in terms of costs.
"And so what do you have? Rachel Reeves just taxing the hell out of everyone."
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Speaking to GB News, Woolfe broke down the startling figures, stating that for every 360 migrants crossing the Channel, people smugglers profit by £1.8million.
The financial impact on British taxpayers is even more significant, he explained, with each group of 360 migrants costing approximately £20million per year to support.
"So if you're going down to 300, I did the calculation of 360 every £318million, that's what it will cost us the next year for those 300, and it will make £1.5million for the people smugglers," Woolfe said.
Woolfe's concerns stem from his long-standing observations of the situation in Calais, dating back to 2014.
He recalled visiting the first camps in Calais during a wet December that year, after the French government received hundreds of millions in funding to establish a new facility.
"Six months later, I went with the Daily Express to have a look at that same camp. The camp was full," Woolfe told GB News.
"They were also filling up the sides of the roads with shantytowns, that hasn't changed since 2014. The French have effectively allowed that to happen since that period of time," he added.
Woolfe emphasised that Britain's key responsibility lies in creating effective deterrents against Channel crossings.
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"Our responsibility is to prevent and give them a deterrent not to come, and we really never done that since 2014," he told GB News.
"It is no surprise that we're getting so many come over on the Channel boats now," he added.
Woolfe delivered a pointed critique of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's ability to address the migration crisis.
"I don't think Keir Starmer has got the cultural ability to be able to do anything," he told GB News.
Woolfe pointed to Starmer's background as a barrister, suggesting this influences his approach to migration issues.
He highlighted Starmer's previous work in chambers "that was about keeping these people here under the the guise of the European Court of Human Rights and International Law."
Woolfe concluded: "And then he's in a Labour Party, that find it culturally difficult to actually deal with the real problems that huge mass migration brings in, in terms of costs.
"And so what do you have? Rachel Reeves just taxing the hell out of everyone."
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