About a thousand people crossed the canal by boat on Thursday.
Record number Migrants crossed the English Channel during Thursday, he says British Broadcasting Corporation BBC.
About a thousand people crossed the canal by boat on Thursday. According to the BBC, it is the most in one day.
The number of people crossing the canal has been increasing recently due to, among other things, mild weather. About 700 people crossed the canal on Wednesday, more than 500 on Tuesday.
In total this year, more than 23,000 people have fled the canal from France to Britain. The growth compared to last year is significant: a total of about 8,400 people crossed the canal last year.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, migrants traveled to Britain by plane, train or ferry. Therefore, the number of people crossing the canal is also increasing in the pre-pandemic period.
About 98 per cent of those who enter the UK through the canal seek asylum, the BBC reports. In general, however, asylum applications are declining, especially due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, a total of 35,737 people sought asylum in Britain, compared to 29,815 in 2020. In the first half of this year, a total of 14,670 people applied for asylum, the BBC reports.
British authorities hope to stop canal crossings, tells the BBC.
The overruns are dangerous and unnecessary, authorities said, and a Interior Ministry spokesman described Thursday’s figure as “unacceptable”.
“The British have had enough of people dying in the canal while unscrupulous criminal gangs benefit from people’s misery,” a Home Office spokesman told the BBC.
Last Wednesday, one person died and another disappeared at a crossing.
A spokesman also promises in a BBC case that the government’s new immigration model will repair “a broken system that encourages people to go over dangerous crossings”.
The new model would make it more difficult for those who have arrived in Britain by boat to apply for asylum. The model is currently being debated in the lower house of Parliament and the BBC estimates it could face legal challenges. In addition, NGOs have condemned the model as cruel.
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