US EditionPressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels: Poll
Record 28,076 people crossed the English Channel by small boats in 2025, causing a backlog of 90,812 asylum appeals and sparking protests and legal challenges over hotel accommodations.
- A survey conducted on August 20-21 with 2,153 participants revealed that 37% considered immigration and asylum to be the UK's most pressing issue, ranking it above the economy and health service.
- This concern comes amid record asylum applications of 111,084 in the year to June 2025 and mounting small boat crossings increasing 46% from 2024.
- Protests and counterprotests continued outside asylum hotels, where 32,059 asylum seekers were housed by the end of June, while the government proposed faster appeal processes.
- A YouGov poll showed 71% of voters believe Prime Minister Starmer handles the asylum hotel issue badly, as Lord Blunkett called for radical government action to control the crisis.
- The situation suggests ongoing political and social tension, with calls to protect human rights and legal challenges expected over asylum policies and hotel use.
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The Star Kuala LumpurUK migrant arrivals on small boats reach new record
LONDON: A record 28,076 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats this year, a 46 percent rise on the same period in 2024, government data showed on Monday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his handling of immigration. The sharp increase comes amid mounting public concern over immigration, which is polling as the public’s top concern, with
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