Another 155 illegal migrants detained in Dover after crossing the Channel trends now
More than 150 migrants were intercepted by Border Cross crossing the Channel in small boats on Saturday - the same day Home Secretary Suella Braverman inspected a Rwanda deportation centre.
The Home Office confirmed today that a total of 155 illegal migrants were detained, while four dinghies were intercepted.
It is the latest group to arrive in the UK since the Government unveiled its controversial Illegal Migration Bill earlier this month.
It brings the total figure for 2023 to 3,562 in 83 boats as the Home Secretary attempts to bring illegal crossings under control.
Tough new measures will see any asylum seeker arriving illegally on small boats indefinitely banned from re-entering the country. The Illegal Migration Bill is also expected to further prevent migrants from using human rights laws to avoid removal from Britain.
More than 100 migrants were intercepted by Border Cross crossing the Channel in small boats on Saturday. Pictured: Migrants arriving in Dover on March 17
The latest illegal migrants to arrive came on the same day that Suella Braverman toured Bwiza Riverside Houses in Kigali
Ms Braverman, who announced the new laws on March 7, said: 'The only route to the UK will be a safe and legal route'.
It comes as the Home Secretary inspected a potential deportation centre in Rwanda on Saturday as she continues her commitment to the controversial deportation policy.
It is 11 months since the UK agreed the deal, which would see people who claimed asylum in Britain deported to Rwanda to have their application processed, and if successful, reside there permanently.
An inaugural flight to Rwanda was blocked at the 11th hour by Strasbourg judges last summer, but the UK High Court ruled the policy was lawful in December.
Ms Braverman was given a tour of the housing on the Bwiza Riverside Estate on the outskirts of the capital Kigali, which the Home Secretary
