45,756 migrants try to reach Britain by boat from France. That’s a record.
More than 45,000 migrants will cross the Channel illegally to Britain by boat by 2022. That’s a record number. The French news agency AFP took figures from the Defense Ministry. Therefore, the efforts of the British government to deal with this politically sensitive phenomenon have had little effect.
Some 45,756 migrants make the treacherous crossing of busy shipping lanes over frigid water most of the year. In 2021 there were 28,526, even though that was already a record year.
Most crossings are made in the summer. On August 22, a daily record of 1,295 migrants was recorded in 24 hours. But in 2022, the winter months are unlikely to deter asylum seekers anymore. In December, 1,745 migrants arrived in the UK.
Due to increasing closures of the Calais port and tunnels under the Channel on the French side, small boat crossings have exploded since 2018. British Conservatives have promised since Brexit that they will take control of the border again, but the crossings have continued. increased, flooding the UK with asylum applications.
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