Sunday 15 May 2022 02:22 PM Toddler and a BABY are brought ashore a day after 167 people were picked up in ... trends now
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Nearly 8,000 people have arrived in the UK so far this year having crossed the English Channel in small boats following the latest arrivals this weekend.
A total of 167 people made the crossing in 13 boats on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Defence.
These are the latest people to have been intercepted by UK authorities after four days without any crossings, with Monday, May 9, seeing 51 people cross in two boats.
This brings the total for the year to 7,957, according to estimates.
The latest crossings - including a toddler and a baby - come as the Home Office said it will begin the process of informing the first asylum seekers that they could be flown to Rwanda under its new resettlement scheme, with flights expected to begin in 'the coming months'.
However, Tom Pursglove, minister for justice and tackling illegal migration, told the Home Affairs Committee this week that the scheme was a 'new and untested policy' and could not point to what modelling was used to give the 'evidence base' to implement it.
Dozens of migrants have been rescued near the Port of Dover today while making the treacherous crossing over the English Channel on a small boat
Young children including a baby (pictured) were among those rescued today while making the Channel crossing
Two children are brought ashore to safety today after making the treacherous sea voyage
Families with young children were among those spotted after the coastguard intercepted their dinghy in the
