To date, over 25,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the English Channel to the UK. year, government numbers show.
BUT total of 915 people were discovered on Saturday in 19 small boats, ministry of This was stated by the defense (MO), taking a preliminary total for in year up to 25 146.
8,747 transitions were made. in August, including 3733 in in past week, analysis shows.
highest daily total on record came last Monday, August 22, with 1295 people intersection in 27 boats.
It was more than four months after home secretary Prity Patel, represented by plans send refugees to Rwanda to try and contain people from the English Channel crossing. Since then 19 878 people arrived in UK after the trip.
On April 14, Patel signed what she called “world-first” agreement with Rwanda, according to which the East African country will accept refugees whom the UK considers to have arrived illegally and therefore inadmissible in accordance with new immigration rules.
Nonetheless first deportation flight, must take off on On June 14, he was stopped on the basis of a court challenges.
Several asylum seekers, government and commercial services union and charities Care4Calais, Detention Action and Asylum Aid dispute legality of home Office policy, with in next court hearings should in September and October.
Number of people UK achievement in small boats from France after navigation busy shipping lanes steadily increased in last years. 299 were discovered in 2018, then 1843 in 2019, 8 466 in 2020 and 28,526 last year, official numbers show.
Despite the growth in numbers, small the arrival of the boats is a fraction of number of people heading for mainland Europe. UN refugee agency data shows at least 120 441 people arrived in Europe via Mediterranean by land and sea last year.
