Why media silence over Channel migrants? Could Southport cope with 17,000 asylum seekers?

Southport journalist Martin Hovden writes: More than 500 migrants crossed the English Channel on Wednesday, seeking asylum in the UK.

And according to the BBC, an estimated 17,000 have made the perilous journey so far this year - double the number in 2020.

Imagine that number arriving on Southport beach. How would local services cope with 17,000 people? Do we have enough homes for them? And what about our local schools and health service? Will they be able to cope?

According to GB News, many of the lifeboats along the south coast called out to help the migrants are manned by volunteers. And they are going out several times a day. Selfless action to be applauded, but it is having an impact on their full-time jobs.

Apparently, migrants are told by the traffickers to dial 999 when they reach English waters and ask to be rescued.

All very important issues whatever your view which should be analysed and discussed in our national media.

But they’re not.

As GB News presenter Nigel Farage pointed out on his show, none of the national broadcast media or national newspapers are covering the crisis on the south coast.

Or as one viewer said, the national media are giving more attention to the situation on the Poland/Belarus border than the daily influx of migrants across the Channel.

What is going on in the Channel every day is news. It should be reported.