ore than 1,000 folks crossed the English Channel in small boats the day after the entire for the yr exceeded 30,000, based on Authorities figures.
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that 21 boats had been intercepted on Thursday carrying 1,150 folks.
That is the third highest day by day determine in 2022 and brings the entire to have made the crossing thus far this yr to 31,665.
The variety of arrivals this week has led officers to erect particular tents at Dover, Kent, to maintain migrants lined as they look like overflowing from current services whereas being processed.
It’s greater than 5 months since then-home secretary Priti Patel introduced plans to ship migrants to Rwanda to attempt to deter folks from crossing the Channel.
Since then, 26,397 folks have arrived within the UK after making the journey.
On April 14, Ms Patel signed what she described as a “world-first” settlement with Rwanda, underneath which the East African nation would obtain migrants deemed by the UK to have arrived “illegally” and due to this fact inadmissible underneath new immigration guidelines.
Nevertheless, the primary deportation flight, on account of take off on June 14, was grounded amid authorized challenges.
A number of asylum seekers, the Public and Industrial Providers Union and charities Care4Calais, Detention Motion and Asylum Support, are embroiled in court docket instances with the House Workplace as they problem the legality of the coverage.
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