@Nudhul >In the year ending June 2025, 43,000 people arrived on small boats, up 38% on the previous year but fewer than the 46,000 peak in 2022. Those arriving on small boats make up only a tiny proportion of the overall number of people coming to the UK – less than 5% in 2025
So, about 10 times less that what you claim.
>there were 163,000 grants of settlement in the UK in the year ending June 2025, almost a fifth more than the previous year; although still below the peak in the year to September 2010 (242,000)
And legal migration has rapidly fallen off under the new Labour government
>Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased. Among Reform voters, four in five thought immigration had grown, and more than three in five (63%) believed it had “increased significantly”.
And people are actually OVERESTIMATING it, not underestimating it. Though, feel free to link any poll where you can find where people are underestimating it.
I can quote back to my own post here though:
>[There is] Not a single policy position they disagree with, only vibes and feelings. Migration 'feels' higher...
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/10/two-thirds-of-uk-voters-wrongly-think-immigration-is-rising-poll-findshttps://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2025/summary-of-latest-statistics