The public overwhelmingly supports a reduction in small boats illegally crossing the Channel, according to a number of polls and pollsters.
Earlier in the month, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to put an end to illegal immigration under new legislation, which will ban Channel crossings by those seeking asylum.
Recent figures from the Home Office show that 2,950 illegal immigrants already have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year after more than 45,000 illegal immigrants made the trip to reach the UK in 2022.
Polling experts and academics spoke to The Epoch Times about what the British public thinks about illegal small-boat crossings….