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Since November 2018, the number of migrants crossing has grown. The total number of migrants arriving by this route during 2018 was 297. [13] In 2019 and 2020 the numbers grew significantly, and by September 2020 an estimated total of 7,500 had entered Britain by this route.
Some 122 migrants were detected making the crossing on Sunday, which means 20,110 have arrived since Labour won the general election on July 5. The 20,000 figure was passed on the 150th day of Sir ...
Some 6,288 migrants crossed the Channel between those dates, compared to 768 in the same period last year. The latest crossings are the first since November 16, marking a 14-day hiatus in activity ...
During Mr Sunak’s 20-month premiership, he saw 11,309 migrant Channel crossings within his first 150 days of being in charge of the country.
During Johnson's premiership the UK has seen an increase in English Channel migrant crossings. In August 2020, it was reported that in 2020 so far almost 4,000 people had crossed the Channel illegally, using at least 300 small boats. On 6 August a record number of migrants arrived, at least 235. [172]
After meeting Starmer later met with President Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace, where they agreed to deepen bilateral relations, particularly in defence, security, and energy. [21] Starmer welcomed joint action on tackling illegal migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK by small boats from France. [22] 5 Ireland: Dublin: 7 September
More than 20,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister. It is understood official Home Office figures due out on Monday ...
Local elections in England as well as police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales were postponed from May 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [83] Taking place on 6 May, the local elections saw the conservatives make a net gain of 294 councillors and 13 councils, whilst labour lost 264 and eight respectively.