Good Morning Britain viewers "couldn't watch" as the programme aired the record-breaking news that more than 25,000 immigrants have crossed the English Channel into the UK so far in 2025. The ITV breakfast show aired the announcement with Adil Ray and Kate Garraway presenting - explaining Britain has seen small boats in numbers rising faster than any year since records began.
The closest came in 2022, when 25,000 arrivals were recorded by August 27th, with a total of 45,774 illegal immigrants recorded by December that year. But in 2025 migrants are arriving even more quickly, risking a higher number by the end of the year.
Viewers were fuming at the news, with one hitting out on social media: "25000 immigrants in boats in a year! Why can't we close our borders like other countries have done and declare an emergency?!"
Someone else said: "Number of mentions by @adilray of the record number of boats crossing the Channel this week on #GMB this morning - ZERO."
Others couldn't bear to watch, with one writing: "Turned straight off with Ray on the panel." And someone else posted: "There is only one way to stop the boats. To close our borders to anyone without paperwork. You wont smash the gangs, you cant smash drug gangs, gets bigger by the day."
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