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Originally Posted by Hugh
Damien was specifically pointing out the focus of the news, which was the Channel crossers - you are conflating issues.
And you are quoting Migration Watch, which has "form" in rabble-rousing and overstated numbers...
btw, you appear to have accidentally missed out the part of the article which contradicts your point
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"Damien" stated, "In terms of our immigration figures this is a very small amount of people.". Therefore to use an estimated total figure is valid as part of a reply to his post.
BBC News
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As of last March, there were 600,000 people who should have left the country for whom there was no record of their departure.
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That is just since 2015 and is just the overstayers and not the complete picture.
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Exit checks were stopped in 1998 and reinstated in 2015.Now most people are being counted in and out, but there are particular groups of people it's difficult to track, like those travelling by coach or ferry, or leaving via the Common Travel Area with Ireland.
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They act as a "pull factor" and as a support network to new illegal arrivals.