Sunday 5 June 2022 04:01 PM More than 10,000 migrants have already crossed the Channel this year trends now
Sunday 5 June 2022 04:01 PM More than 10,000 migrants have already crossed the Channel this year trends now
More than 10,000 migrants have already crossed the Channel this year despite the threat they could be deported to Rwanda Fears of record-breaking year for migrant crossings despite crackdown efforts By this time last year the figure for arrivals by small boat was just over 4,200 But 10,057 migrants have been intercepted so far this year with 600 this week Another 139 migrants in six boats crossed the Dover Strait on Thursday alone
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More than 10,000 migrants have crossed the Channel this year despite the threat of being deported to Rwanda.
The number of would-be refugees arriving by dinghy is more than double the figure for this time last year, official figures show.
And the record arrivals have continued this week even after the first rejected asylum seekers were told they will be put on a one-way flight to East Africa, sparking hunger strikes and suicide attempts in detention centres.
It has led to renewed concern that the Government’s flagship plan to end the people-smuggling route risks failure.
