GB News presenter Patrick Christys has been reporting from Calais, where he discovered a forest filled to the brim with migrant tents which he described as a "significant camp".
Most migrants at the site were from Eritrea and were regularly attempting to cross the Channel to Britain.
Patrick also interviewed a Sudanese migrant preparing to make the dangerous journey across the Channel.
"This is the reality of life in northern France," Christys reported. "Everywhere you go, you have these camps randomly popping up."
Patrick discovered a forest filled with migrants seeking to cross the Channel
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The ongoing migrant crisis in the English Channel shows no signs of abating, with 2025 on course to be a record year despite government pledges to tackle the issue.
At least 12,000 people have already crossed the Channel on small boats this year.
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This follows a year in which 36,816 people were detected making the dangerous journey from France to England.
Since records of these crossings began in 2018, over 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK via this route.
The contrast between government rhetoric and reality was starkly highlighted yesterday when more than 500 migrants crossed the Channel at the exact moment Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his immigration crackdown.
Starmer told reporters that "nobody should be getting on a small boat to cross the Channel" even as migrants were arriving at Dover.
Patrick visited the French town to discover the extent of the crisis
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Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, shared footage of masked male migrants departing from Calais, stating: "Whilst Keir Starmer was making promises he can't keep in London, here were the scenes in Calais and Dover this morning."
During his reporting, Patrick spoke with a migrant who had left his wife behind in Ethiopia, hoping she could join him later in Britain.
"I don't have children but I have a wife in Ethiopia," the man told Christys. "I hope she can come with me, of course. I miss my wife."
When questioned about his decision to come to the UK, another migrant cited language barriers in France.
Patrick Christys went to a forest filled with migrant tents
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The man explained he had struggled living in France due to not speaking French and wanted to build a home in an English-speaking nation.
The dangerous crossing claimed a life yesterday when an unidentified man died after a fire broke out on a small boat. Seven others were injured in the incident.
At least 500 migrants arrived in the UK on six boats, with calm seas prompting the surge in crossings.
Border Force vessels brought in groups throughout the day, with migrants wearing lifejackets as they disembarked before being escorted to processing centres.
Four Border Force boats were involved in rescuing migrants in the Dover Strait.
Buses waited at the centres to transport the arrivals to accommodation.
