This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The number of migrant crossings across the English Channel has risen significantly over the past 12 months as people continue to seek refuge in the UK. Such is the level of despair that last month 27 people lost their lives during an attempted crossing. The numbers that matter most in relation to the ongoing migrant crisis are looked at by the UK.
The total number of migrants to have reached the UK by boat this year has now exceeded 2020 s total, according to Home Office figures. More than 25,000 people have crossed the Channel this year to the UK. The figure for 2021 is even more staggering when you consider that we still have the majority of December left to see the total climb even higher. According to Home Office data, 2020's total was surpassed by the middle of July. READ MORE: Covid: Boris can't impose any more lockdowns after party.
The record for the most migrants to have arrived on UK shores within a single day was set last month. The Home Office confirmed that 1,185 people had made the same journey within 24 hours of each other. As the number of migrants trying to cross the Channel increases, so too do the risks that people are willing to take to reach the UK. Last month, the deadliest attempt to cross a bridge was recorded last month, after 27 people lost their lives. The International Organisation for Migration later confirmed that to be the case since it began collecting data in 2014.
The number of migrants crossing the Channel by boat has increased, but the opposite can be said for those who attempt to claim asylum in the UK. The number for the year ending June 2021 had fallen by four percent compared to the previous 12 months. Fewer migrants are now thought to be using other strategies - including planes or lorries - to gain passage into the UK without being detected. In fact, analysts believe that migrants no longer see these transport routes as viable due to increased security at ports and the ongoing Covid epidemic. Boris Johnson wants to work from home NEWS Fury as the vaccine booster programme grinds to halt INSIGHT FOUR Cabinet ministers cancel all appearances in No 10 panic over video EXPLAINED Many of the people who enter the UK are from some of the most deprived countries in the world, such as Yemen, Sudan and Iraq. Conflict, persecution and poverty are some of the circumstances that people are looking to escape in order to find a better life for themselves and their families. Under international law, people have the right to seek asylum in the country they arrive in. There is no rule that states that you must seek this in the first safe country you come across.