More than 125,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the last six-and-a-half years
The PM has attempted to strike as hard a line as possible on combatting illegal migration into the UK, without abandoning the human rights convention 882 migrants were detected crossing the English ChannelOn Tuesday, around 85 migrants are understood to have been rescued from small boats in the English Channel during the early hours of Tuesday.
The migrants were rescued after UK Border Force vessels and RNLI lifeboats were sent out at about 4am. The latest Home Office figures show that 184 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in the seven days up to Monday.in the last six-and-a-half years as the recent crisis unfolded. Since the Government struck the deal to send migrants to Rwanda more than two years ago – which has since stalled amid legal challenges – more than 80,000 people have made the journey.
The tally of crossings since Rishi Sunak, who pledged to “stop the boats”, became Prime Minister is edging closer to 50,000.
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