Asylum Seekers and Small Boats
Despite the fact that small boat crossing make up just a fraction of overall UK migration figures, British Prime Minister Rishi…
Small boats refer to vessels people are forced to use to make dangerous journeys across the English Channel. These vessels are usually inflatable boats, dinghies or kayaks, and not suited to the journey.
Small boat crossing make up just a fraction of overall UK migration figures. Despite this, MP’s and politicians have repeatedly discussed their commitments to ‘stopping the boats’. As a result, small boat crossings and asylum seekers have become very salient topics within immigration policy and discourse. The two topics can often be shrouded in myths and misconceptions.
In our previous myth busters article, we dispelled 5 myths about international students, asylum seekers and legal immigrants and small boats. In this article, we dispel in detail, 5 immigration myths about asylum seekers and small boats in the UK.
Despite the fact that small boat crossing make up just a fraction of overall UK migration figures, British Prime Minister Rishi…