as well as. here s a former independent chief inspector of borders and immigration on how he thinks the systems can be improved. you have people crossing the channel and large numbers. the home office needs to anticipate that needs to have proper provision to hold people while they ascertain their asylum claims and identify who they are from a security point of view. as we mentioned earlier, almost 40,000 people have crossed the channel in small boats so far this year, which is already considerably more than the number who crossed in the whole of 2021. in the first six months of 2022, more than half the people arriving in small boats were from three countries. 18% came from albania and the same number from afghanistan, while15% were from iran. of particular concern to the home office in recent months has been the sharp rise in the number of people from albania who have been arriving. here s a former border control officer to explain. we ve got the additional problem of crime networks,
40,000 people have crossed the channel in dinghies so far this year. compare that to last year, the figure for the whole year was just over 28,500. this graph shows the hugejump since 2018. over 28,500. this graph shows the huge jump since 2018. here is a former border force immigration officer. we former border force immigration officer. ~ ., ., former border force immigration officer. ., ., ., , , officer. we have got too many people cominu officer. we have got too many people coming across officer. we have got too many people coming across that officer. we have got too many people coming across that we officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can deal- officer. we have got too many people coming across that we can deal with. | coming across that we can deal with. the manston facility is just totally and absolutely overcrowded to breaking point. th and absolutely overcrowded to breaking point. b