Nearly 600 migrants have attempted to cross the English Channel in the past three days, according to the government. The UK Border Force dealt with 83 people on four boats on Friday and 201 people on eight boats on Thursday, the Home Office confirmed. HM Coastguard had to rescue the occupants of one boat near Hastings, East Sussex, on Thursday. Meanwhile the French authorities intercepted 130 people in eight crossings on Friday, after dealing with nine crossings involving 171 people on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing the overall total to 585. The number of migrants crossing the Channel has more than doubled this year compared to the same period last year – despite Ms Patel’s vow to make the route “unviable”. And they still flow in! Crazy!
Sep 2021. Migrants crossing the English Channel
