(National-UAE) Afghans fleeing their home country could be abandoned under the government’s migration bill, a think tank has warned.
Figures suggest nearly a quarter of migrants who crossed the English Channel to the UK in the first three months of this year were Afghans.
Out of the 3,793 people who arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel between January and March, 909 were Afghans (24 per cent), making this the most common nationality.
This was followed by Indians (657, 18 per cent). Only 29 Albanians made the crossing during this period, according to provisional Home Office data.
Of the 45,755 arrivals throughout last year, 43,794 had their nationality recorded and of this total, 28 per cent were Albanian citizens and 20 per cent Afghan.
