According to the BBC 36,816 people arrived in Britain by small boats in 2024... out of 1.2 million total immigrants that's a drop in the bucket.

I'm sure there are other forms of illegal immigration (like flying over and overstaying a visa) but I feel rather strongly that illegal immigration is largely a smokescreen issue politicians throw up to hide the fact that they wholeheartedly support massive immigration. They do the same in the US and Australia.

I'm not saying illegal immigration is ok or that nothing should be done about it. I am saying, though, that the people convincing you that it's a big problem are lying, and using it to cover for the fact that their policy is to shovel a million people a year into the country.