{"id":2836,"date":"2025-07-30T17:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:49:14","slug":"rnli-defends-picking-up-channel-migrants-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2836","title":{"rendered":"RNLI defends picking up Channel migrants after\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>RNLI\u2019s Role in Channel Rescues<\/strong><br>The RNLI lifeboat crew has vowed not to apologize for helping migrants crossing the Channel. Last year, they responded to 114 boat incidents, rescuing 1,371 people \u2014 about 3.7% of those who tried to cross in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Volunteer Paula Lain said, \u201cWhen our pager goes, we\u2019re not thinking anything political\u2026 We\u2019re actively compassionate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Political Criticism<\/strong><br>Some politicians have criticized the RNLI\u2019s work. Nigel Farage called the charity a \u201ctaxi service\u201d for migrants, accusing them of aiding illegal trafficking gangs. Despite this, the RNLI insists their duty is purely humanitarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rising Crossings and Reactions<\/strong><br>More than 24,000 people have crossed the Channel by small boat so far this year, with nearly 37,000 in 2024. US President Donald Trump warned about the \u201chorrible invasion\u201d of Europe, saying, \u201cThis immigration is killing Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the RNLI<\/strong><br>The RNLI is the UK and Ireland\u2019s largest lifeboat service with over 400 lifeboats at 238 stations. Founded in 1824 and based in Poole, Dorset, it relies mainly on legacies and donations for funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RNLI\u2019s Role in Channel RescuesThe RNLI lifeboat crew has vowed not to apologize for helping migrants crossing the Channel. Last year, they responded to 114 boat incidents, rescuing 1,371 people \u2014 about 3.7% of those who tried to cross in 2024. Volunteer Paula Lain said, \u201cWhen our pager goes, we\u2019re not thinking anything political\u2026 We\u2019re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}