“I feel absolutely appalled these criminal gangs will load a boat up to dangerous levels. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner reacts to a small boat crossing the English Channel yesterday carrying 230 people. pic.twitter.com/9B9a5GE7w3 — BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) August 11, 2026Small boat migrants are often ‘women and children’ who are ‘desperate, vulnerable people’, Angela Rayner told the nation this morning. Rayner went on to insist that the number of boats invading Kent’s shores has fallen while deportations are up. But she just couldn’t help herself, adding the ridiculous suggestion that women and children make up a significant proportion of illegal arrivals.