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If migrants who prove themselves to be from several countries arrive in England through illegal means, upon arrival the UK Government is unlikely to reject their claims to asylum. In 2019 at least 1,890 migrants arrived from France via small boats; the Home Office reported that only around 125 were returned to other European countries. [12]
More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the last seven years. Since current records began on January 1 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according ...
Some Vietnamese migrants end up being trafficked into sex work or illegal marijuana farms. They make up more than one-tenth of those in the UK filing official claims that they are victims of ...
More than 7,500 migrants have arrived in England on small boats from France so far this year, and the government says the policy will deter people from making dangerous journey across the Channel.
The Border Security Command (BSC) is a law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom to be responsible for coordinating the activities of Immigration Enforcement, MI5, Border Force and the National Crime Agency to attempt to tackle smuggling gangs which facilitate illegal migrant crossings over the English Channel.
On 5 July 2023, the government confirmed that they would go ahead with the bill, despite defeat in the House of Lords. [10] On 11 July 2023, Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick confirmed the government did not support what he described as “little short of wrecking amendments” to the bill. [11] On 20 July 2023, the bill received royal assent.
The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 fell by more than a third from the previous year, marking the first decline since current record-keeping began, the British government said.
The operation was first announced in January 2022 by Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid an upsurge in migrant crossings. [1] It placed the Royal Navy in command and control of all government vessels involved in counter-migration operations. Its objective was to deter migrant crossings, as well as intercept any boats before they reached British ...