{"id":770464,"date":"2026-09-14T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770464\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:00:14","slug":"migrant-crisis-patrick-christys-catches-massive-migrant-boat-launch-from-calais-on-camera-these-are-your-new-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/770464\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant crisis: Patrick Christys catches massive migrant boat launch from Calais on camera: \u2018These are your new neighbours\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Christys was left stunned as he watched a massive dinghy launch from the French coast in the dead of night.<\/p>\n<p>The GB News host observed the shocking scenes in Calais while investigating the new routes illegal migrants take to break into Britain. <\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u2019s full investigation will air tonight on GB News from 9pm, where he will reveal more astonishing findings and harrowing encounters. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking from a pitch-black beach, the GB News host said: \u201cYou&#8217;ll probably be able to see the silhouette of all of those people wading out to that boat as we speak.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He noted that the scenes caught on camera were the third pickup of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel that night. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re witnessing a taxi service in action. In more ways than one, because they&#8217;re also being escorted by the French.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the size of it,\u201d the GB News host said, shocked by the scale of the boat making its way to the UK. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s impossible to say how many people are on there, but it is absolutely chocka full.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"093ff\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1b8ec2abf97e92f31cd724517e4fe09b\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201245%20700'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/patrick-christys.png\" width=\"1245\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Patrick Christys\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Christys was left stunned as he caught a massive migrant boat launch from Calais on camera <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GB NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the size of that boat on its way to Britain,\u201d a shocked Patrick reiterated. <\/p>\n<p>He then spared a thought for those back home bearing the brunt of the small boat crisis, with migrants being dispersed to small communities around the UK. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Piddington, the people of Crowborough, the people of Linton-on-Ouse\u2026 These are your new neighbours,\u201d the GB News host despaired. <\/p>\n<p>An incredulous Patrick then pointed to the scale of the French authorities&#8217; presence during the attempted illegal crossing. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"7f2a3\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"cbd434e066a4b70f5f43bcd4b40d7b02\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201245%20700'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/small-boat-launch.png\" width=\"1245\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Small boat launch\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the size of that boat on its way to Britain,\u201d the GB News host said <\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>GB NEWS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou&#8217;ve got the French border force who are helping illuminate the water for them. You&#8217;ve got a French lifeboat just on the side there. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we look at this and pan to my left, there&#8217;s another load of them waiting to go and get on another boat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a gendarmerie man there just shining a torch on them,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u2019s investigation comes as the small boat crisis continues to fuel outrage across Britain. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, tensions boiled over around England&#8217;s southern coast as protestors took to the streets in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/news\/portsmouth-migrant-crisis-protest-police-mark-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dover and Portsmouth. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators, some wearing masks, lined streets near sites where migrants had been dropped off by RNLI lifeboats to be processed and dispersed around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in small, leafy towns such as Piddington have also raised alarm over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbnews.com\/news\/migrant-crisis-home-office-outrage-piddington-plan-house-3000-asylum-seekers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">plans to house hundreds of migrants in their communities.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patrick Christys was left stunned as he watched a massive dinghy launch from the French coast in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[819,59,57,58,285,50,57826,759,28770,56,54,55,88857,231],"class_list":["post-770464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-france","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-migrant-crisis","tag-news","tag-patrick-christys","tag-presenters","tag-shows","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-video-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}