lbanians now account for greater than half of the migrants arriving on small boats throughout the Channel after an enormous surge in arrivals from the nation, official figures have revealed.
The disclosure got here as House Workplace statistics confirmed the variety of asylum functions by migrants arriving on small boats has hit its highest stage in 20 years with greater than 75,000 folks claiming sanctuary within the 12 months to the tip of June.
The House Workplace figures present an enormous leap of small boats making the perilous journey with 1,034 detected in 2021, in contrast with solely 43 in 2018, and a latest surge in Albanian arrivals with 1,727 crossing the Channel in Could and June alone. Albanians account for between 50 and 60 per cent of small boat arrivals.
The numbers on every vessel are rising with a mean of 35 folks on every boat arriving within the first six months of this 12 months. That’s 5 occasions the typical tally of seven per boat for 2018.
The figures present that greater than 9 out of ten of these arriving make an asylum declare.
The Albanian approval fee for determined circumstances stands at 53 per cent, based on at this time’s figures, though the House Workplace, which yesterday introduced a brand new drive to fast-track the return of ineligible Albanians, emphasised that this determine didn’t take account of the latest surge in arrivals.
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