Eleven days later, the British government, which updates data on these illegal crossings daily, is the first to report boats in the English Channel with strong winds and rough seas after bad weather in late April.
The British navy, which has been in charge since mid-April with the aim of better detecting illegal crossings in the English Channel, announced on Sunday that 254 people had crossed in seven small boats.
Images published in the British media show the arrival of immigrants in Dover on Monday.
In all, about 7,000 people have crossed the English Channel in upgraded boats since the beginning of the year and reached the British coast, more than tripled the outstanding amount over the same period last year, according to the AP.
Although British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has prioritized the fight against illegal immigration since Brexit, smuggling continues to increase and triple in 2021, the year 27 migrants died in a shipwreck at the end of November.
The Interior Ministry said more than 28,500 were completed in 2021, compared to 8,466 in 2020, 1,843 in 2019 and 299 in 2018.
To encourage shortcuts, the government last week introduced a controversial amendment to the law of asylum that provides for the repatriation of illegal immigrants from the United Kingdom to Rwanda in Africa, while the asylum application is being evaluated.
The new law has drawn strong criticism from international and refugee aid organizations, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, who on Wednesday condemned the speech, which called into question “international laws and practices established for the protection of refugees.”
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