More migrants have come to Britain by the illegal boat route since the crisis began than there are serving sailors, soldiers, and airmen in the whole British Armed Forces, analysis states. Over 181,326 migrants are known to have come to the United Kingdom by what is euphemistically called the small boats route since December 2018, analysis of government figures of those intercepted by Migration Watch says. Remarkably, that figure is now higher than all those serving in the British Armed Forces, which continues to dwindle and per Migration Watch’s reckoning now stands at 180,779 personnel.
