The British authorities detected that more than 20,000 migrants have crossed the Channel into England since the start of 2022. A phenomenon that was out of the ordinary before 2019 but has increased dramatically since then, according to figures released this Sunday.
The figures show that 607 people crossed the very busy passage in small boats on Saturday, the highest registered this year, according to the UK Ministry of Defense.
The year-to-date total is now 20,017, up from 11,300 registered at the same time last year.
In 2021, a total of 28,500 people arrived in the UK, marking a new record since the surge in such crossings in 2018 due to the increasing lockdown of the French port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel, according to the PA’s count.
A recent British parliamentary report estimated that the total could reach 60,000 this year, despite the government’s recurrent promises to make the issue a priority since Brexit.
The British government is supposed to help France strengthen its coastal Monitor and multiply measures to increase the admission of immigrants.
London had a recent controversial agreement with Rwanda to send asylum seekers who arrived illegally on British soil to that East African country.
Although none of these deportations have yet taken place since the first flight scheduled for June was canceled after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
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