Andy. I don't think what your friend says necessarily contradicts the process the Border Force person described. I was told at a presentation by the a representative from RNLI in Putney that they were activated by a request from the coast guard. It just sounds like they get far too many activations ... but describing is as an Uber service just seems to be deliberately trying to stir things up - personally I doubt that will fix the problem, I'm not sure it's good for the RNLI's PR. Yes, the gangs needs to be smashed and put in prison, and it's disappointing action has been so slow so far in stopping them. A major issue is the large number of undocumented people here already which the previous government let build up; I understand processing and deportations of failed applications is speeding up, but I'll be honest, I've not seen any recent statistics.  New arrivals are a problem but I guess most of the accommodation is being taken up by the numbers accumulated during nearly a decade? I guess something needs to be considered to reduce the costs of accommodation while they're processes? Trouble is these aren't new problems, they've been building up over a decade or more :-(

Entire Thread

Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Smash the gangs. Really?	31/12/25 18:40:00	Andy Pike
Re:Smash the gangs. Really?	31/12/25 18:46:00	Steven Rose
Re:Smash the gangs. Really?	31/12/25 18:48:00	Ivonne Holliday
Re:Re:Smash the gangs. Really?	31/12/25 19:28:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Smash the gangs. Really?	31/12/25 20:23:00	Sue Hammond
Reply	31/12/25 21:22:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	31/12/25 21:33:00	Sue Hammond
Re:Re:Reply	31/12/25 23:02:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:49:00	John Hawkes
Re:Reply	31/12/25 21:49:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Reply	31/12/25 22:26:00	Andy Pike
Reply	31/12/25 23:19:00	Michael Ixer
Reply	31/12/25 23:27:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	31/12/25 23:51:00	Gerry Boyce
Farage raises money for the RNLI	01/01/26 01:23:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Farage raises money for the RNLI	01/01/26 13:59:00	John Hawkes
Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:55:00	John Hawkes
Reply	01/01/26 14:24:00	Michael Ixer
£700 million might have built some public housing in the UK, rather than Rwanda. 2022 to 2024	01/01/26 00:50:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:52:00	John Hawkes
Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 00:08:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 00:29:00	Andy Pike
Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 00:55:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 01:35:00	Steven Rose
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 08:03:00	Andy Pike
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 08:51:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 09:13:00	Andy Pike
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 10:01:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 10:41:00	Andy Pike
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 12:43:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:08:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 10:42:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 10:50:00	Barbara Stevens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 11:30:00	Gerry Boyce
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 12:08:00	Andy Pike
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 14:34:00	John Hawkes
Reply	01/01/26 10:40:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	01/01/26 12:09:00	Robert Wheeler
Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 12:54:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Reply	01/01/26 12:30:00	Steven Rose
Reply	01/01/26 13:19:00	Michael Ixer
Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:36:00	David Ainsworth
Re:Re:Reply	01/01/26 14:22:00	John Hawkes
Re:Reply	01/01/26 14:14:00	John Hawkes
Re:Reply	01/01/26 13:30:00	John Hawkes
Reply	01/01/26 14:14:00	Michael Ixer

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