Spring is here. For Afghanistan that means more violence by the Taliban and other terrorists – and more refugees leaving our country on small boats for the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
As a proud patriot it gives me nothing but shame to see the name Afghanistan ever more prominent in British Home Office data sets on illegal immigration. The latest published figures show that in 2023 Afghanistan was the source of more immigrants reaching Britain across the Channel on ‘small boats’ than any other nation: 5,545 out of 29,437 – roughly one in five.
The Taliban are a powerful pump for the illegal immigrants roiling British politics
A year earlier, Afghanistan was second only to Albania. Now our country is in a league of its own, top of the pile. If you include all other routes of immigration beyond the sea lanes, again, Afghanistan tops the list for 2023 with 17 per cent of what British civil servants categorise ‘irregular arrivals’.
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