1,295 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats to arrive in the UK on Monday – a new daily record despite repeated plans by the British Conservative government to prevent the event.
The migrants arrived in 27 boats Breaking the previous record set in November 2021The British Ministry of Defense said.
Since the start of 2022, 22,670 migrants have completed one of the world’s most dangerous crossings, more than double the number recorded at the same time last year.
In 2021, a total of 28,500 migrants arrived in the United Kingdom via the English Channel, surpassing all values since the crossing began in 2018, when the French port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel were closed.
According to the latest British Parliament report, this year’s estimate is 60,000 people reach England through this routeDespite repeated pledges by the British Conservative government to financially support France’s post-Brexit coast guard and strengthen its reception of migrants.
London has signed a controversial deal to send asylum seekers illegally entering Rwanda to the East African country.
Although no deportations actually took place, the first flight was scheduled for June, but was canceled after a decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
However, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, both candidates, have already pledged to continue the policy.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 203 people have died or gone missing since 2014, at sea or on land, trying to reach the north of the United Kingdom via the coast of France, and by the end of 2021, 27 people have died in shipwrecks.
