BBC Breakfast migrant report leaves furious viewers all with same complaint

viewers were not happy as the morning news programme shared the latest report on migrant crossings over the weekend. on Saturday, which is the highest number recorded on a single day so far in 2025. Reporter Simon Jones said from Dover: "I think it was largely down to the weather, because we saw a week when it was really windy so no crossings at all and that's when people are gathering over in Calais waiting for the weather to change. On Saturday it was really calm out there in the channel, that's why we saw so many people make a crossing.

"In total almost 1200 people arrived in 18 different boats. It takes the total so far this year to around 14,800 people and given crossings tend to increase in the summer months, we are well on course to beat the numbers from last year when 37,000 people arrived in small boats. On Saturday boat after boat launched from northern France, we saw what are known as taxi boats so the boat are already in the water."

He continued: "And then people wade into the water to clamber on board, and the reason the smugglers are using that tatic is because the French police will not intervene i the boat is already in the water. Now what we saw on Saturday is some police officers on the beach is simply standing by appearing not to do anything, the French government says it is going to change the rules which will allow the police to intervene in shallow waters, but that has yet to be enacted.

"The Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has said that a recent deal agreed with the EU which will allow EU vessels to fish in UK waters for another 12 years should be suspended until the French start stopping the boat at sea."

The latest news left viewers furious as they took to social media to share their frustration, with one saying: "Paying millions of pounds to France to deter these migrants, only to see them taking videos to post on their social media is beyond a joke! but there again, so is this weak pathetic government."

Another added: "This government (just like the last one) has failed to tackle the problem."

A third raged: "Useless Government. Starmergeddon."

A fourth agreed: "The French are laughing their heads off. 'Our capital is burning but at least we sent another thousand over to England.'"