English Channel migrant crossings hit new single-day record: UK
Al JazeeraJUN 2022
The Spin
Right narrative
Although France had promised to help stop this egregious industry of people smuggling between the two countries, it's now clear that those pledges were empty. With Albanian gangs, on top of the usual groups from Africa, now known to be contributing to this crisis, the British government must take its own strong actions to end this illegal activity.
Left narrative
Those making the dangerous trip across the English Channel aren't illegal aliens, they're refugees from poor, war-torn parts of the world. As such, they should be treated with dignity and welcomed into Britain with open arms, not treated like criminals and deported to nations like Rwanda, where their human rights will continue to be under threat.
Metaculus Prediction
There is a 50% chance that at least 2100 migrants will die or go missing in the Mediterranean in 2022, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
