Migrant deaths show we desperately need a solution to deadly small boats crisis

THE deaths yesterday of another three migrants in the Channel shames Britain and France.

More than 1,300 have illegally crossed since Christmas.

Yet a solution to the deadly trade is as far away as ever.

More than 150,000 have arrived here illegally since records began in 2018 — a town the size of Blackpool.

At least 287 are believed to have died in the attempt.

Endless empty promises of a crackdown also followed in the wake of the death of two-year-old Alan Kurdi in the Mediterrenean back in 2015.

But Labour has since scrapped the Rwanda scheme which was the only available deterrent.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to crack down on the smuggling gangs and is spending £15million on spy satellites to track ringleaders.

But following yesterday’s deaths off the coast of Sangatte, the local Mayor summed up the scale of the problem.

“It never stops,” he said.

“It’s crossing after crossing, without any let-up.”

His despair summed up the folly of tackling the evil supply of small boats without addressing the massive demand among migrants to reach Britain.

The thugs trading in human misery are still laughing at hapless ministers.

Even as the bodies pile up.

Trapped by tax

LABOUR’S rocky start in Government will get much worse if it whacks up taxes again next year.

A new poll revealed Keir Starmer would lose his majority if an election was held today.

It proves he has little room for error among fed up Brits.

Non-existent growth following the jobs tax Budget has left the PM begging industry watchdogs — hardly famed for radical innovation and risk-taking — for ideas.

Businesses plan to axe workers and cut spending in the next 12 months, depressing the economy further.

So can Chancellor Rachel Reeves avoid a U-turn on her promises not to raise taxes again next year?

Voters are unlikely to forgive her twice.

Stoking hatred

IS it any wonder religious hate crimes are on the rise in the face of blatant two-tier policing.

Allowing pro-Palestinian mobs to take to the streets to repeatedly call for Jewish deaths has achieved two unwanted results.

It has encouraged hard-line Islamists to spout bile without fear of prosecution — and stoked racism from anti-Muslim thugs.

Shameful anti-Israel bias from the BBC — our supposedly impartial national broadcaster — has only thrown fuel on the fire.

Unless fairness is restored, the hate will continue to flourish.