London 28 August : More than 25,000 immigrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK in the first half of this year, figures from the government reveal.Around 915 were found in the early hours of Saturday in 19 small vessels The Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated, bringing the pro forma total to 25,146 for the year, the dpa news agency reported.
There have been 847 crossings identified in August thus up to now, with 3,733 in the last week, according to analysis.
August 22 was the hottest daily record for daily numbers, with 1,295 people crossing in 27 vessels.
It’s been over four months since Home Secretary Priti Patel announced plans to transport migrants to Rwanda to try to stop individuals from crossing the Channel.
Since then, 19,878 are now in the UK after having traveled to the UK.
On April 14, Patel announced the what she described as an “world-first” accord with Rwanda in which the eastern African nation will accept migrants who are deemed by the UK to have entered “illegally,” and are therefore not admissible under the new immigration rules.
However the deportation plane’s first flight scheduled to depart on June 14 – was canceled due to legal issues.
A number of asylum seekers and asylum seekers, the Public and Commercial Services union and a number of charities Care4Calais, Detention Action and Asylum Aid are challenging the legality of the Home Office policy, with the next court hearings set in September and October.
The amount of people who arrive in the UK in small vessels arriving from France after navigating the busy shipping lanes has been increasing in the last few years.
There were 299 people who were spotted in 2018 and were and then 1,843 in 2019 8 466 in 2020, and 28,526 the previous year, according to official figures.
Despite the increase in numbers, the small-boat arrivals are only a tiny small fraction of the amount of people who travel across mainland Europe.
The refugee agency indicates that at least 120,441 refugees were brought in Europe through the Mediterranean by sea and land last year.
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