616 migrants crossed the English Channel in 12 small boats on Sunday 11^th June. Bringing the total arriving uninvited to our shores this year alone to 8,380.

Vile ruthless traffickers taking advantage of the heatwave, low wind and calm seas and cramming  in around 51 people per boat.

This current Government has no plan to stop the boats. The UK Independence Party is the only political party in the UK that has the political will and a plan to do just that.

We would not be housing these people  on giant engineless barges that cannot even accommodate the numbers of illegal migrants arriving in one day.

Yes, we would have vessels in the Channel, but they would have an engine. They would act as reception and transport vessels, As capacity is reached with illegals, and the necessary medical and security personnel the vessel would set sail for a Reception Centre in the Falkland Islands. Their asylum claim would be heard there. We would build a reception centre on the West Falkland Island where asylum seekers would be housed in comfortable accommodation and free to come and go.

We would stop the boats by erecting a nautical defence mechanism consisting of several moveable floating barriers at sea sufficient to deal with the numbers arriving. The design will be unsurmountable and will not allow any hand or foothold. They will be placed exactly on the international border with French waters by means of nautical GPS.

A "mothership” stationed 500 m behind the barriers will control the positioning of barriers using secure communications. It will control unmanned airborne vehicles, which will identify migrant boats, their course, and their projected international border crossing point. It will be registered under a flag of convenience (to avoid it being UK territory and to eliminate potential asylum claims).

Potential intruders must stay on the French side at all times. It will be the responsibility of the French to rescue them at sea. The mothership will inform the French Coast Guard of the co-ordinates and that there are inflatable vessels with occupants that need their attention on their side of the water.

It is crucially important in order to stem the flow of illegals to totally change their expectations of how they will be treated when they arrive.

There is much more in our new policy document that highlights the Government’s dereliction of duty to protect our borders. We have solutions! We have detailed plans to deal with the Legacy arrivals, those already here. Look out for future press releases.

The Government doesn’t know which way to turn. It should turn to the UK Independence Party. The Party with innovative ideas and solutions to problems.

Patricia Mountain

UK Independence Party Immigration Spokesman