ImmigrationLondon aims to stem flow of 4th-largest group of boat arrivals, but experts skepticalIn 2024, 3,602 Vietnamese were smuggled into Britain on small boats from France. Vietnam was the fourth-largest source of such migrants, who make the journey on inflatable boats that often are overloaded. © ReutersCLEMENT NGU and TAY HAN NEESeptember 7, 2025 13:00 JSTBRUSSELS/LONDON -- Peter is the model of success back home in the northern Vietnamese city of Haiphong, where he has built a large family home from the proceeds of his two nail salons in Southeast London.