When seven out of ten citizens in a Western democracy say it’s time to send in the Navy, you know the situation is beyond broken. According to a new poll from More in Common, a staggering 69 percent of Britons now support deploying the Royal Navy to stop illegal migrants from crossing the English Channel. That’s not some fringe opinion—that’s mainstream common sense finally catching up to an out-of-control crisis.
And let’s be honest: the British people aren’t wrong. They’ve watched their government pour nearly a billion pounds into France—yes, a billion—with the laughable expectation that Paris would actually enforce its own borders. The result? A 50 percent spike in illegal crossings in just the first half of this year. At this rate, the Channel is less a national border and more a red carpet for human smugglers.
This isn’t about compassion. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about the right of a nation to defend its borders, to decide who comes in and who doesn’t. What we’re seeing in the UK is a slow-motion collapse of that basic principle. And the so-called “solution” from Prime Minister Keir Starmer—a “one in, one out” deal with France—is nothing more than political theater. At most, Britain gets to send back about 50 people per week, and even then, only with France’s permission. That’s not border control. That’s surrender.
Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, is absolutely right to call the deal a “farce.” He’s also right to demand a refund for the £800 million handed over to the French with nothing to show for it. And let’s not forget: there are credible reports that French naval vessels are actually escorting migrants into British waters. That’s not cooperation. That’s collusion.
What’s needed isn’t more diplomacy or more payouts. What’s needed is a hard reset—modeled on something that actually worked. Tony Abbott’s Australia faced a similar crisis a decade ago. But under Operation Sovereign Borders, they turned the boats back, detained migrants offshore, and made it clear: illegal entry will not be rewarded. The result? Illegal boat migration dropped to near zero. That’s not cruelty. That’s deterrence. And deterrence works.
Compare that to the UK’s current policy, where almost every illegal migrant who steps foot on British soil—most of them military-age males—gets to claim asylum, move into taxpayer-funded hotels, and enjoy benefits that many working Britons can’t even access. And let’s not pretend there are no consequences. Just this month, a 14-year-old girl in Epping was reportedly sexually assaulted by a hotel migrant from Ethiopia. That’s the real-world price of a naïve, open-arms immigration policy.
Polls now show that 54 percent of Britons believe these migrants are coming not to escape war, but to exploit the UK’s welfare system. Nearly half think the British benefits are easier to game than those in other countries. Only 37 percent believe the migrants are primarily fleeing conflict. That tells you everything you need to know about the public mood. The people aren’t buying the fairy tale anymore.
This isn’t just a British problem—it’s a Western problem. From the U.S. southern border to the beaches of the Channel, the message from globalist elites has been the same: borders are optional, laws are flexible, and national identity is obsolete. But the people are waking up. Whether it’s Americans demanding a border wall or Britons demanding the Royal Navy, the tide is turning.
Britain’s political class would do well to listen to their citizens—for once. The solution isn’t complicated. It’s time to stop paying off France, stop caving to asylum loopholes, and start defending the border like it actually matters. Because if a nation can’t control who enters its territory, it ceases to be a nation at all.