Rising Number of Illegal Channel Crossings: Over 10,000 migrants detected crossing the UK coast since January 1

2023-06-18 13:44:01

United Kingdom

Over 10,000 illegal Channel crossings since January 1

The number of migrants who have tried to reach the British coast via the inlet, however, remains lower than that observed at the same time last year.

PostedJune 18, 2023, 3:44 PM

Seven boats carrying 374 people reached the British coast on Saturday alone.

More than 10,000 migrants have been detected crossing the Channel on small boats since the beginning of the year, according to figures published Sunday by the British Ministry of the Interior, which fights tirelessly once morest these illegal crossings.

On the rise

Seven boats carrying 374 people reached the British coast on Saturday alone, according to the daily report published by the government, bringing to 10,139 the total of migrants arriving by this dangerous route since the beginning of the year.

However, this figure remains lower than that observed at the same time last year. But following several weeks of unfavorable weather conditions, crossings have picked up significantly in recent days thanks to better weather, with more than 2,500 people arriving on the British coast between June 10 and 17. Over the whole of 2022, more than 45,000 crossings had been recorded, a record.

Controversial bill

The fight once morest illegal immigration is one of the priorities of the conservative majority in power, which has struggled so far to discourage candidates, despite a tightening of its policy.

Last year, the government passed a law – so far blocked by the courts – to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. And a new bill, criticized up to the UN, plans to prevent migrants arriving by the English Channel to seek asylum. London has also signed several agreements with other countries like France or Albania to better fight once morest this illegal immigration.

(AFP)

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