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The Pink House in Folkestone 20250908 151119

nobody@ipernity.com (Andrew Trundlewagon) — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:52:50 +0000

The pink house in Folkestone Harbour, perhaps planning to escape and make its way across the Channel to France?

HFF

nobody@ipernity.com (John Cook) — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:18:02 +0000

The Great Globe at Durlston Country Park, well fenced in, on the Jurassic Coast at Durlston Castle in Dorset. Part of Durlston Castle in the background.

www.durlston.co.uk

stb[24] - small boat crossings compared {Nov 2024}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:15:27 +0000

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Comparing the UK [English Channel] with Greece, Italy & Spain [Mediterranean Sea] for the relative numbers of people crossing in "small" boats. It should be noted that some of the boats involved in crossing the Med are not little Zodiac types but stripped out fishing / cargo boats carrying hundreds of people - and as equally dangerous to their human cargo !
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stb[24] - asylum backlog

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:15:25 +0000

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The government's efforts to reduce the significant backlog in claims - by allocating additional staff etc - has reduced the backlog. I hope that they dealt with the oldest & more complex claims in a sympathetic and timely manner.
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stb[24] - Asylum claims rising post covid-19

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:15:23 +0000

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The number of asylum claims rose after 2020, to almost double. There was a small fall in news claims during 2023.
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stb[24] - channel boat crossings, origins [year to Jun'24]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:15:28 +0000

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Still a significant proportion from Afghanistan, & Iran ... would suspect that their claims will be fleeing the Taliban's religious fervour.
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stb[24] - channel boat crossings ; 11th Nov 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:15:24 +0000

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The number of crossings has continued to climb in October & November 2024 - the weather in the English Channel was still good enough to permit small boat crossings [although I believe some boats did need assistance ...]
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stb[23] - legacy backlog + new apps, updated Dec 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:05:46 +0000

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The small section of the legacy backlog still remaining appears to be the more complicated applications. There are still people awaiting an initial decisions whose applications were made just after the arbitrary 28th June 2022 date ...
Also, there was a significant increase during 2023 of abandoned / withdrawn applications - which suggests both people disappearing into the underlevels of society and a degree of administative fudging to achieve this artificial and politically driven "target" ...
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stb[23] - decisions inc withdrawn in 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:05:40 +0000

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A significant proportion of the "withdrawn" applications in 2023 were dropped by the government, after they made it much easier for them to do that [for example, a missed appointment].
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Some 5k applications from Albanians were refused in 2023.
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Being cynical, I wonder how many of the "withdrawn" applications were dumped by the government - on spurious grounds - in order to claim that the "legacy backlog" was being cleared on target.
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stb[23] - initial decision backlog as at Nov 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 13:05:40 +0000

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These applications are continuing to accumulate ... despite the steady progress in clearing the "legacy backlog" ie pre 28June2022 applications. It is only after September 2023 that there is any significant decrease in the overall total of applications awaiting an initial decision.
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stb[23] - legacy backlog monthly; oct 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:05:36 +0000

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In my opinion, this "legacy decision backlog" built up partly because of covid, partly from the significant increase in applications, but also because the home Office just didn't have enough staff to properly assess each case in a timely manner.
Being somewhat cynical, I'm now wondering how carefully cases will be assessed as the Home Office are going to be under political pressure in dealing with this backlog ...
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stb[24] - channel boat crossings ; 23rd June 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:26:31 +0000

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The numbers detected making the Channel crossing in 2024 are broadly similar to those in 2022 [& a little higher than in 2023, to late June].
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stb[24] - asylum claims backlog

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:26:28 +0000

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The asylum application [now including appeals] backlog appears to be falling from the peak in 2022/3 - now the government has allocated more administrative resources. [Which they should have done back in 2018 when the backlog began growing significantly].
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stb[24] - channel boat crossings by nationality {Mar 2024}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:26:30 +0000

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The "nationality" of people detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in the year to March 2024 [so from March 2023].
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stb[24] - European boat crossings ; 2019 - 2024[pt]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:26:29 +0000

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Comparing "detected" boat arrivals in selected countries; Italy, UK, Greece & Spain.
The relative numbers have varied over the period shown, but these movements are continuing to rise ... as they are caused by a number of factors.
Note : All, except the UK, are around the Mediterranean Sea.
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stb[24] - asylum applications rising again

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:26:26 +0000

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This rise seems to be a reflection of the increase in conflicts around the world, as well as the relative freedom & prosperity perceived by those attempting the channel crossing.
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stb[24] - channel boat crossings ; 8th May 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 11 May 2024 19:06:02 +0000

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The Channel is still not a barrier, other than when there is bad weather. The threat of deportation to Rwanda was never an unacceptable risk.

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stb[24] - channel crossings / weather conditions

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:24:21 +0000

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The weather, fairly obviously, has a marked affect on whether or not small boat crossings are possible or even safe. Not that the latter seems to be much of a concern for those smugglers organising crossings.
The poorer weather in 2023 seems to have been something of a deterrent.
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stb[24] - small boats to 25 June 2024

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:19:01 +0000

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Neither the bad weather nor the prospect of deportation to Rwanda seems to deter the people smugglers operating over the English Channel.
Between 23 & 25 June 2024 some 144 people were detected & detained ...
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stb[23] - channel boat crossings; 28th Nov 2023

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 13:05:36 +0000

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Comparisons of the years between 2019 and 28th November 2023 for the relative numbers of people detected & detained crossing the English Channel in small boats.
[an unknown number may have evaded the authorities, who now have the difficult task of determining whether these people are economic migrants, true asylum seekers or refugees, or victims of people smuggling rings - and what to do with them in each case]
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