GB News reveals the REAL reasons small boat arrivals have fallen 40 per cent – and it’s nothing to do with Labour

Small boat arrivals in Britain have fallen by about 40 per cent compared with the same point last year, but the article argues that worse Channel weather and fewer migrants reaching Europe explain much of the decline. It says these factors are outside the Government’s control, challenging Labour’s claim that action against people-smuggling gangs is driving the fall.

There have been 23,529 crossings so far this year, 39.8 per cent fewer than at the same point in 2025; 11,060 people arrived during Labour’s first 115 days in office. The Home Office recorded 110 favourable-weather “red days” from January to August, down from 123 a year earlier, while Frontex reported a 35 per cent fall in irregular crossings into Europe. Labour says disruption to smuggling networks is also helping, a view disputed by opposition figures and a migration research director.