(BBC) More than 500 people crossed from France to the UK in 16 small boats on Tuesday, the Home Office has confirmed.
French authorities also prevented 307 people in eight boats from making the crossing.
So far this year 21,649 migrants have crossed the English Channel, compared to 8,404 people in the whole of 2020.
Last week a migrant died while attempting the journey, after being pulled unconscious from the water.
Small children were among the 504 people who reached UK shores on Tuesday.
(BBC) Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned that failure by European politicians to co-operate on the continent’s migrant crisis will lead to “even worse scenes” in the English Channel this winter. France is hosting German, Belgian and Dutch ministers and European Commission […]
(Arab News) Immigration officials in the UK have ramped up visits to religious centers in an effort to crack down on illegal migration, the Independent reported. As part of the “hostile environment” strategy, launched in 2012 under former home secretary Theresa May, […]
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