But will it make a ha'porth of difference?

[JBR]

I think it's just a glitch with their stats which will be corrected. It was showing 18th in the morning yesterday. The old COVID stats used to have glitches.i reported it as a problem through their reporting system.

In fact I see it has been fixed now. I doubt it was my report though.

18 July 2023 574 illegals 12 dinghies 0 wet feet

That's more believable.  We desperately need another barge.
Or actually several dozen of them.

[Alex]

I think it's just a glitch with their stats which will be corrected. It was showing 18th in the morning yesterday. The old COVID stats used to have glitches.i reported it as a problem through their reporting system.

In fact I see it has been fixed now. I doubt it was my report though.

18 July 2023   574 illegals   12 dinghies   0 wet feet

Plus another 300 arrived overnight.

" Official Home Office figures confirm that 574 people crossed in 12 small boats on Tuesday.

The figure takes the number who have arrived since the beginning of the year to 13,775.

However, GB News can confirm that more than 300 others have arrived in six small boats so far today. "

[Ashy]

Apparently the government has returned two cruise ships to their owners having failed to secure moorings for them. It is not known if the owners returned the hire fees to the government.

[Raven]

It was Edinburgh and Wirral that refused to berth the migrant barges.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/19/ports-rebuff-uk-plan-to-house-asylum-seekers-on-cruise-ships