RISING numbers of migrants are trying to cross the English Channel in dinghies and other small boats. They are making the perilous journey for a better life in the UK. The number of migrants to complete the English Channel crossing this year has hit 3,950 – more than double the figure for the whole of 2019. There was a new record of at least 235 arrivals on August 6. About 65, desperate for a new life, made the trip on Sunday, August 9, after at least 150 did so on Saturday, August 8. It took the total number to more than 565 in just four days. They are Illegal, they need to be returned to the safe country they have came from.