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Some 13,574 migrants arrived in the UK between the start of 2024 and the general election on July 5, according to analysis of Home Office data by the PA news agency.
As many as 227 refugees and migrants were intercepted and returned to the continent by French authorities in 2018, "at least" 95 refugees and migrants in December alone. [ 15 ] [ 21 ] By way of comparison, 26,547 asylum claims were filed by would be refugees in the UK in 2017.
Nearly 300 migrants arrived in the UK on the same day a person died when a boat sank in the English Channel, latest figures show. ... from the water at 1.15am local time (12.15am GMT) in the ...
On 17 August, 492 migrants crossed in nine boats, taking the provisional total for the year so far to 19,066. More than 19,000 migrants entered UK by small boat so far in 2024 Skip to main content
This is likely to lead to substantial changes in official migration data between now and 2023. The foreign-born will include some people who are born abroad to UK citizen parents. However, it is usually still the preferred definition when using data on the migrant population, and especially change in the population over time.
The presence of migrants in and around Calais has affected the British and French governments, the Eurotunnel and P&O Ferries companies, and lorry drivers heading for the UK and their companies. EuroTunnel (now Getlink), the company that operates the Channel Tunnel, said that it intercepted more than 37,000 migrants between January and July ...
There has been a big drop in the number of visas for health and care workers arriving in the UK, despite a shortage in NHS staff UK immigration figures breakdown: Where migrants are from and why ...
In 2015, a large number of migrants had set up a camp at Calais in the hope of entering the UK illegally, although there have always been some migrants entering the UK illegally from here many illegal migrants or asylum seekers try to enter the UK from France, by hiding inside trucks or trains and they've done so for years. [26]