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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.
The provisional total for the year so far is now more than 36,400, including 3,462 crossings recorded in October to date. Number of migrants crossing Channel to UK since 2018 tops 75,000 Skip to ...
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 2021, net migration to the UK was 488,000, [85] [86] up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [87] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [7] Most of the migrants came from non-EU countries, including India, Nigeria, China and Pakistan.
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 ...
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
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]