Illegal immigration is clearly becoming a bigger problem for the UK

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The French clearly are doing whatever suits them, no matter the impact it may have on us.

It makes a mockery of the claim that inside the EU we have influence.

Instead of setting these camps up, they should be dispersing those who are clearly looking to come to Britain illegally.

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It is time for us to start sending a far stronger, tougher message

Illegal immigration is clearly becoming a bigger problem for us as a country.

Just consider the fact that last year’s figure for the number of illegal migrants caught trying to enter our country was close to 100,000 in just one year alone.

Of course that does not even take into consideration the numbers who were successful in their bid to enter Britain illegally.

The estimate is that there are 1.1 million illegal migrants living in Britain, but that could of course be far higher.

We just do not know.

It is clearly time for us to start sending a far stronger, tougher message.

That those who seek to enter Britain illegally are wasting their time.

That they will immediately be sent back if they have broken the law and attempted to smuggle themselves into our country.

Until we send out a clear signal that we are not a soft touch, this problem is only going to get worse.