Where dover/ramsgate are concerned the government must be supplying the diesel for the boats. The RNLI couldnt do that many trips out to sea and that frequency. When we had the Tories in the border force vessels didnt regularly patrol the areas. Starmer met with Macron September 24 and after this both Border force vessels and the spotter plane were out everyday. Yes you could say its for safety so lives are not lost , but why do the french navy follow the small boats not intercept and wait for border force to pick the illegal immigrants up and in french waters as well.