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Operation Stop The Boats!
- Linda Aitken-Smith
- Nov 25, 2025
- 17 min read
Updated: Jan 7
Updated On 27.12.2025
So far this year their has been since the 1st January 2025 to date (06.01.2026)
Migrants: 32 Boats':01
There has been from 01.01.2018 to 31.12.2024 inclusive
151,138 Illegal Migrants who have come to the UK in 4,289 Boats
There has been from 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2025 inclusive
41,472 Illegal Migrants who have come to the UK in 672 Boats
supplied by Illegal People Traffickers.
A total of Migrants: 192,642 in Boats: 4,962 from 01.01.2018 to 31.12.2025 inclusive.
Updates Posted here...
No Migrants crossed the Channel for~
14 Full Days' from 23rd October to 5th November 2025, inclusive...and again for
28 Full Days' from 15th November to 12th December 2025 inclusive.
This was the longest recorded period without small boat migrant arrivals across the channel in 7 years, lasting 28 days until the 12th December 2025.
Migrants started to come across from France on the 13th and 14th December 2025.
And also on the following dates, 15, 18, 19, December 2025.
There has been a total of 2,163 Migrants in 35 Boats, over 9 Days coming across from France to the UK, with just 3 days where No Boats crossed over from France to the UK.
No Illegal Migrants Boats Crossing the Sea
Between France and the UK
This was due to the Bad Weather and the Vigilantes finding & destroying the Boats so they couldn't be used!
A lot more migrants would have come across to the UK regularly if the weather had been more suitable for small boats carrying at least 100 Illegal Migrants.
If the men who had come across to France to disable the boats hadn't found the buried boats and engines and destroyed them before they were found in the dunes.
As these boats and their engines would have been used by more Migrants to come across to the UK.
So if they were assisted by the French Border Force and their Police to stop the Migrants by destroying the boats and their engines before they could be used, they would be doing what they had been paid for by the British Government.
Also, the British Government should be paying the Men who have gone across to destroy the boats, as they are doing more to stop the Boats than the French or the English have done so far.
They should also be providing them with free stab vests.
This would then mean no Migrants coming across to the UK.
But if any managed to sneak past, they should be arrested, processed and returned to France.
If France worked alongside the... and found and destroyed the Boats... Then their would be
Then there would be No Boats with Engines so the Migrants wouldn't pay the Smuggling Gangs who supply the Boats. Which would save the UK £'s .... per Migrant each day and in the future.
Plus, the Migrants are also carrying knives as they have tried to attack Operation Stop The Boats...
Update:
The last influx of Migrants in the Boats supplied by the People Smugglers came to the UK from France on the 14th November, when 217 Migrants came over in 3 Boats.
Latest Update:
I checked for crossings, and there were no crossings for 28 days up to and including the 12th December 2025. But I was told on the 13th that Migrants had been seen in the water...
The long pause in English Channel migrant crossings has been linked to severe weather that ended around December 12-13, 2025, with migrants seen in the water or swimming to boats as calmer conditions allowed a significant surge in crossings to resume on Saturday, December 13, marking the end of a 28-day lull and bringing 2025 totals close to record levels
Longest Pause: The break in crossings, starting November 14, was the longest in seven years (28 days).
Resumption: Crossings restarted with improved weather on Saturday, December 13, 2025, with over 700 arrivals recorded, ending the pause.
"Swimming to Boats": Some reports noted desperate migrants swimming to reach dinghies, highlighting the urgency as conditions eased.
2025 Totals: The arrivals pushed the 2025 total past 40,000, nearing the record set in 2022.
Cause: The pause was due to freezing temperatures, strong winds, and rough seas, while the resumption coincided with calmer weather, confirming seasonal patterns
The resumption followed nearly a month of no recorded crossings since 14 November due to adverse weather conditions??
The surge in activity included:
Arrival Numbers: On Saturday, 13 December, approximately 737 migrants reached the UK in 11 boats. Crossings continued throughout the following week, with a further 803 people arriving in 13 boats on Saturday, 20 December, marking a record daily total for the month of December.
Total for 2025: As of 21 December 2025, the total number of people who have crossed the Channel in small boats this year stands at 41,455. This is the second-highest annual figure on record, surpassed only by 2022.
Operational Reports: Border Force and RNLI vessels escorted various groups into Dover following a "busy night" of launches from northern France. Reports indicated that migrants were seen leaving French shores near Gravelines and Grand-Fort-Philippe, where French police used tear gas to disperse crowds attempting to launch boats.
Safety Incidents: French authorities assisted several distressed vessels, with approximately 151 people rescued and returned to France over the weekend of 20–21 December.
However, many people believe that it wasn't just the weather that stopped the Migrants from crossing to the UK from France.
As the group of brave lads went over to France and found Boats and the Motors hidden in the Sand Dunes, there would have been more Migrants than those that have come across from the 13th December to the 21st December if they hadn't found the Boats and the Engines and destroyed them, so that they were unusable.
In late November 2025, reports and social media videos circulated showing a group of British men, including figures like Danny Tommo (a close associate of Tommy Robinson) and members of the group "Raise the Colours," travelling to Northern France.
The group claimed to be undertaking "direct action" as part of an effort they called "Operation Stop The Boats," aimed at disrupting migrant Channel crossings. They posted footage online showing themselves digging up, slashing, and disabling an inflatable boat and outboard motors they found hidden in the sand dunes.
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Operation Stop The Boats
During November and December 2025
The Operation Stop the Boats has proved that the Vigilantes who went over to France have managed to find boats which were hidden in the Sand Dunes, and destroyed them so they couldn't be used by the Migrants to get to the UK.
If all the boats were found by the French Police and destroyed like the Vigilantes are doing, there would be no Migrants coming to the UK who have no ID. So we don't know who they really are and where they come from, they are not Asylum seekers, they are economic migrants from a different culture to ours who then go on to commit crimes against the legal British Citizens.
The people-smuggling gangs who supply the boats are the real criminals. not Citizens trying to protect their Families and their Countries.
So, no boats means no Migrant crossings = No easy money for the People Smuggling Gangs.
Less strain on the UK economy and fewer crimes committed by Illegal Migrants.
As the comments I have read show, by concerned Citizens.
As for every man on the boats will be given a Hotel room, free meals and other Free extras supplied by the British Government, who then let them apply for Asylum when they are really economic migrants who, due to having no ID on them, the Illegal Migrants will then give false names, dates of birth and Country of Origin.
Times 1 boat by an average of 100 Single Men....
At £150.00 a night, 7 days would be £1,050.00 per Illegal Migrant.
The c
ost of housing100 Illegal Migrants would be equal to £105,000.00 plus all the other costs incurred, such as Health Care, Legal Aid, including all the appeals and more... plus the freebies to keep them occupied, and you will have a good idea of the cost per boat.
Until they get Asylum and the future cost to the UK when they are given free housing, furniture, white goods, and more. And are allowed to claim Benefits.
The French Citizens will be happier too. As they have had their homes, car's etc, attacked when the Migrants have passed through to get to the French Beaches.
So, between the bad weather, when we had storms such as Storm Benjamin in late October/early November, there was an 11-day gap in crossings. And the Vigilantes achieved what the French were paid to do by the UK to stop the migrants coming over to the UK shores.
Maybe they should be paid by the British Government instead of them paying the French, who have failed to stop the Migrant Invasion.
They are Braver than the French Police, who have Guns and Shields.
Operation Stop The Boats is saving lives on both sides of the Channel!
As the Migrants won't be able to cross without Boats, and the Vigilantes are finding and destroying the empty boats, if they make them totally unseaworthy, they won't float. And there will be fewer crimes against British Citizens. They are also saving the UK!
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Vigilantes are going to France to slash the boats to stop
migrants from coming across to the UK in boats supplied by smuggling gangs.
Vigilantes disrupt migrant smugglers on the beach despite Macron's pledge.
The British vigilantes active on the beaches of northern France ... BRITISH LADS STOP MORE BOATS THAN LABOUR.
Britons have been filming themselves travelling to beaches in France and 'destroying' small boats - gaining thousands of views in the process
In 2023, the UK pledged £500 million over three years to fund increased French law enforcement by 500 officers, surveillance drones, and new detention centres in France to try to disrupt trafficking gangs and prevent crossings.
But still the boats come one after another - with only infrequent pauses when an Atlantic storm churns the Channel to make crossings near impossible.
The two lads from Raise the Colours did not use satellite tracking, undercover surveillance or subterfuge to stop at least one illegal incursion onto our shores - they wandered the sand dunes on a police-empty beach and easily found a partially buried dinghy engine and simply smashed it.
So what the hell are we paying President Macron £millions for?
?: So far, how much has the UK PAID SO FAR to France to stop the migrants from coming to the UK since the year 2020?
Since 2020, the UK has agreed to pay France over £624 million to curb migrant crossings. The funding was committed through successive deals, with the largest being a three-year package for almost £480 million agreed upon in 2023.
The following table breaks down the UK's financial commitments to France to address illegal migration since 2020:
Year(s) | Amount | Notes | Sources |
2020 | £28.1 million | Agreed upon in a joint statement. | |
2021 | £54 million (later adjusted to £55 million) | Paid for increased French patrols, surveillance, and border security. | |
2022 | £62.2 million (equivalent to €72.2 million) | Funded a 40% increase in UK-funded officers and enhanced surveillance. | |
2023–2026 | £479 million (€541 million) | Agreed upon at a summit in March 2023 for increased officers, drones, and a detention centre. | |
Total | >£624 million | Calculated from 2020-2022 payments and the 2023–2026 package. |
Note: In February 2025, the UK and France extended their cooperation until 2027, with over €8 million of existing funding redirected for stronger enforcement measures.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has admitted illegal migration is "tearing the country apart", as she looks to overhaul asylum policy.
According to the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory, around 37,000 people were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in 2024.
Most of the Migrants crossing from France to the UK are definitely not Asylum Seekers, as they have passed through developed European countries able to offer shelter to the Illegal Migrants, so it's fair to say Migrants coming to the UK are economic migrants, not asylum seekers.
As of Sunday, 23rd November 2025, 39,292 Migrants arrived in 636 Boats in the UK.
There were 9 Days with No Migrants crossing to the UK in Boats supplied by Criminal Smuggling Gangs.
Reports confirm that British vigilantes have travelled to Northern France and filmed themselves slashing and destroying migrant boats and engines in an attempt to prevent Channel crossings.
These actions are not sanctioned by the government and are considered illegal in France.
Key details about these incidents:
Perpetrators: The individuals are reportedly linked to a grassroots movement called "Raise the Colours," which previously gained attention for flying England flags across the UK.
Methods: The vigilantes have posted videos online showing them using knives to slash dinghies and stamping on outboard engines, sometimes after digging them up from where they were hidden on beaches by smuggling gangs.
"Operation Stop the Boats": The group has branded their actions as "Operation Stop the Boats" and is using social media to call for other British men, including football hooligans, to join them.
Legal Status: French authorities, specifically the Dunkirk Public Prosecutor's office, have opened a preliminary investigation into the incidents, as these actions constitute criminal damage and potential violence on French soil.
Official Response: These are considered vigilante actions and do not represent any official UK or French government policy. The UK government has reiterated its official efforts to combat illegal migration through diplomatic agreements and law enforcement operations with French authorities, not through citizen action.
It is true that British vigilantes associated with a group called
"Raise the Colours" have travelled to northern France and filmed themselves slashing migrant boats and smashing their engines to stop Channel crossings. These actions are part of a self-styled "Operation Stop The Boats".
Key details regarding these actions:
Vigilante Activity: The individuals involved are members of a fringe activist group, and their actions are not affiliated with any government or official policy.
Illegal Actions: Damaging property on French soil is illegal, and French media reports indicate that the Dunkirk Public Prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into "aggravated violence" and property damage by suspected British far-right figures.
??? The Property is Boats obtained from China??? And other Countries??? By the Criminal Smuggling Gangs.
Methods: Videos posted on social media show the men using knives to slash dinghies and smashing outboard engines, often after digging them up from where they were buried by smuggling gangs on beaches.
Recruitment and Funding: The group has used social media to call for other British men, including football hooligan "firms", to join them in France and has requested donations to fund their activities.
Official Response: Home Office officials have stated that the actions of the vigilantes in France are a matter for the French authorities.
However, both governments will see this as vigilante activity and not a sanctioned operation.
Maybe if the French had made sure that the Migrants didn’t come into France and didn’t have such weak borders, and instead the Police or their Army Patrolled their borders, then we wouldn’t be in the situation we are currently in, with an unsustainable migration of illegal migrants and our current economic situation and rising Crime Rate.
The British Citizens would also be safer.
Including The Legal migrants who came to Britain the Legal way and who didn’t rely on handouts from day one in 4 & 5-star Hotels, who had a job arranged before they came to Britain and a place to live, which they pay for themselves and don’t rely on our Benefits system.
Plus, the French Citizens whose houses and cars are damaged by The Migrants as they come through France to get to the Beaches so they can get into the boats supplied by the Smuggling Gangs.
The Vigilantes are doing this to protect their Families and their Country!
They say they are Patriots because they are evoking the spirit of the Men who went to war to protect their Country and their Families in the 1940’s, they are taking a stand because the Government are letting all the Migrants into Britain and not stopping them from coming onto British soil instead of just putting them in Reception Centres, arresting them and processing them in 24 hours and sending them back to the French who haven’t done a lot to stop them from leaving France and haven’t deported them from France when they came into their Country. So the French Citizens are also suffering too.
As they are not Asylum Seekers, they are Economic Migrants who have now come to Britain illegally and committed crimes against British Citizens. And they are also damaging the British economy as we are spending Billions as a Country putting these people up in Hotels and spending millions on them every week.
Quote: Why have the British and the French Governments not been proactive, and why are they not sending them back to their own Countries immediately? Also, why are the British giving aid to the Countries of these Illegal Migrants when there are Citizens from these countries coming to Britain?
A Vigilante Group has managed to Stop
Migrant Crossings to the UK.
There have been no Migrants Crossings to the UK from 15th November to 23rd November, A total of... 09 Days so far ???
And the Bad Weather has also played its part in stopping them, too.
They Vigilantes have achieved what the British and French Governments should have by doing what they should have done years ago.
British vigilantes started a campaign to destroy migrant boats on the French coastline around
November 19, 2025, with video clips of the actions circulating widely online shortly after this date.
These individuals, associated with the "Raise the Colours" movement and operating under the banner of "Operation Stop The Boats", have filmed themselves slashing dinghies and damaging engines on French beaches to prevent their use in English Channel crossings. Reports indicate that prosecutors in Dunkirk have received complaints and are investigating these incidents.
The Vigilantes are just trying to protect their Families and their Country…
They have done what the French should have done to every Boat (They have been paid enough by the British Governments to do so). See the information above.
Though they should have removed ALL Migrants when they entered their Country when they first started to enter France, the Illegal Smuggling Gangs would not have been paid as they would have had no Customers...Problem Solved.
So we also need to stop treating Illegal Migrants to five-star accommodation with all the trimmings who have come to the UK in Small Boats provided by Criminal Smuggling Gangs. And just put them in Reception Centres, maybe we should use the old Jails we are currently not using. Or erect some Basic Reception Centres and start deporting them all with no leave to return in their lifetimes.
Our Crime rates will go down. The Billions we are paying out will reduce drastically. The British Citizens will be happier and feel safer.
The Government should then CLOSE UK BORDERS!
And start rebuilding Britain for the British Citizens, not Illegal Migrants. Who have not contributed anything to Britain, as proved by the ever-increasing Benefits paid to migrants.
See information below...
The total amount of benefits paid to households with a non-UK national has been
increasing in the UK, with recent figures showing a significant rise.
Key Data Points
Overall Increase: Benefit claims by households with at least one foreign national doubled to nearly £1 billion a month in March 2025, up from £461 million in March 2022.
Universal Credit Claims: The number of migrants (defined as non-UK or Irish nationals who have passed the Habitual Residence Test) claiming Universal Credit reached 1.3 million in November 2025, a nearly 50% increase since 2022. This represents approximately 15.5% of the total Universal Credit payments for that month.
Reasons for the Increase: Experts suggest the increase reflects a surge in the number of asylum seekers being granted refugee status and in overall net migration. Once granted indefinite leave to remain or refugee status, foreign nationals become eligible for benefits on the same terms as British citizens.
Asylum Support Costs: The financial cost of operating the UK's asylum system reached £5.4 billion in the 2023/24 fiscal year, driven largely by the use of hotel accommodation.
Government Response
The rising costs have led to government proposals aimed at tightening access to benefits for migrants.
What would be The Best long-term Fix
by the French & British Governments?
To literally stop the boats from setting off in the first place by destroying them before anyone sets foot in one.
Also, if any manage to find a boat instead of Border Force and RNLI vessels escorting various groups into Dover, they should just stop them from coming into our waters and turn them back towards France.
They wouldn't want to cross the Channel, especially in Bad weather. If they do manage to cross, then they should be processed and returned to France.
To remove ALL Illegal Migrants from France & Britain immediately!
Including the Asylum Seekers who were fast-tracked through the system, and going as far back as 2018 for all Illegal Migrants who came to the UK illegally. Including Visa overstayers and those who claimed Asylum after coming over
on a Visa.
The most up-to-date figure for UK public sector net debt was 94.5% of GDP at the end of October 2025, with interest payments on central government debt being £16.4 billion in June 2025.
For the full debt amount, you can refer to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) or the House of Commons Library for the latest figures
The UK national debt grows at a rate of £5,170 per second! This includes the growing costs of looking after all the Illegal Migrants who have come to the UK since the beginning of 2018 to the present date!
The Vigilantes are trying to protect the British Citizens.
Their Families save Britain and Britain's Culture, Values, etc, and our Declining Economy.
All the British Government is doing is attacking the tax-paying British Citizens instead of proactively stopping the Illegal Migrants. And rebuilding Britain for the Legal British Citizens....
There have been those who say we should allow the Boats in????
Such as Polanski of the Green Party, as he says we need Care Workers, I for one would not want them near my Family as they will probably not come up on foreign databases, as they have been told to dispose of any ID and they will have been told by the People Smugglers not to say where their Country of Origin is, and not to admit to any previous Criminal Records, and to make up any Identifying information. They have also come to the UK Legally so the ability to check will be limited for Criminal Records or Health Conditions that could cause an outbreak of certain diseases.
And Crime has increased since the influx of Migrants started coming across illegally.
Checks Legally versus Illegally
Criminal Record Checks
Legal immigration: Applicants for legal immigration (such as for a visa or asylum after arrival) are subject to extensive identity, security, and criminal background checks by the Home Office and other law enforcement agencies. These checks often involve biometric data (fingerprints and facial images), which are run against national and international law enforcement databases.
Illegal entry: Individuals who enter a country illegally and evade initial processing do so precisely to bypass these formal checks. However, if apprehended, they undergo identity checks, and their fingerprints are typically checked against immigration and police criminal databases. #The ability to check against foreign records can be limited depending on the individual's country of origin and diplomatic relations.
Health Condition Checks
Legal immigration: Migrants applying for entry clearance from certain countries or for specific visa types (e.g., a UK visa for more than 6 months, or an immigrant visa for the U.S.) often require a mandatory overseas medical examination, which includes screening for serious communicable diseases like active tuberculosis (TB) and syphilis.
Illegal entry: Undocumented migrants do not undergo a systematic, mandatory medical screening before or immediately upon illegal entry.
However, if they are encountered at the border or enter government facilities, they are typically screened for immediate or obvious health issues like rashes or fever.
Once in the asylum system in the UK, individuals may be referred for an initial health assessment by a GP, which includes the opportunity to screen for infectious and chronic diseases.
Some groups, such as asylum seekers and refugees, are considered at higher risk for certain infectious diseases due to their journeys or living conditions, and healthcare professionals are advised to consider these risks during medical consultations. There have been localised outbreaks of diseases like diphtheria among asylum seekers in the UK, leading to targeted health actions.
# In essence, while formal, systematic screenings are part of the legal immigration process, individuals entering illegally may only receive basic health checks upon apprehension, and comprehensive background checks are reliant on available data in domestic and allied-country databases.
Illegal Migrants Asylum claims should be invalidated because they have come across illegally by boat with no ID. The only ID for migrants should be a photographic ID. They should also have to give DNA, and the results should be put on an International Database. They should also only be given basic bed and board, no 4 star accomodation or 3 meals a day. They should be placed in a locked Reception Centre, so they can't wander around the UK. Then they should be processed e.g Fingerprints, digital photos, etc., taken to prove they have crossed illegally.
British Citizens shouldn't be expected to finance the Illegal Migrants. This would save Billions on Hotels...and other costs. And the Crime rate would go down, and British Citizens would feel a lot safer in their own Country.
British Citizens are not been Racist.... they are just sick of all the illegal immigrants who are coming across to try and claim asylum and economic migrants are not asylum seekers-they are illegal migrants who haven't applied for a visa legally before they came to the UK as they are not fleeing fom a war torn country and they would have to leave when their visa ran out, also the main reason they have come by boat and disposed of any ID in the sea is so they couldn't be checked out and also because they will probably have a criminal record in their own country of origin so they wouldn't have got through customs as they would also need a passport which is a form of ID.
So illegal migrants shouldn't be put up in 4 or 5-star hotels and fast-tracked through asylum checks when there are citizens who don't have permanent homes such as veterans, homeless and those on housing lists for years, we also shouldn't have to lose our green belt areas just so the government can house constant illegal immigrants who will continue to arrive, expecting benefits, a free home and other freebies. Or Britain will cease to look like the Country we know and love. and will start to look like a Massive Building Site and turn into an overpopulated Country that we wouldn't recognise as Great Britain.
The Illegal Migrants should just be processed and deported within 24 hours without leave to return in their lifetime. The Crime rate, British Citizens won't be attacked daily with a loss of life, and they won't have to keep looking over their shoulder 24/7...and the overcrowding will go down
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