Channel crossings to the UK top 25,000 so far this year
2022/08/30 Leave a comment
By way of comparison, about 20,000 irregular arrivals at Roxham Road between January and July 2022 (virtually all), compared to close to 2 million at the US Southwest land border:
More than 25,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year, government figures show.
A total of 915 people were detected on Saturday in 19 small boats, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, taking the provisional total for the year to 25,146.
There have been 8,747 crossings in August so far, including 3,733 in the past week, analysis shows.
The highest daily total on record came last Monday, 22 August, with 1,295 people crossing in 27 boats.
It has been more than four months since the home secretary, Priti Patel, unveiled plans to send refugees to Rwanda to try to deter people from crossing the Channel. Since then, 19,878 people have arrived in the UK after making the journey.
Source: Channel crossings to the UK top 25,000 so far this year
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