Young male migrants are tearing apart the fabric of our villages and towns

The small-boats crisis has been hugely disruptive of local civic life the length and breadth of the country.

This includes East Anglian market towns inhabited by traditional Cockneys who felt they were pushed out of the East End.

My piece on p. 7 of today's Daily Mail. pic.twitter.com/kpzoNdGdAh

— Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibehsan) August 11, 2026

This article was originally published in The Daily Mail.