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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 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 number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in ...
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.
On 3 October, the UK Government Dashboard "GOV.UKCoronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK" issued the following note: Due to a technical issue, which has now been resolved, there has been a delay in publishing a number of COVID-19 cases to the dashboard in England.
More than 700 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in a single day – a new record for the year so far. The figures came as Downing Street branded protests in London and the ...
Migrants living in camps have faced a much higher risk of transmitting and getting COVID-19. Life in these camps has featured overcrowding, inadequate sanitation, poor nutrition, and very poor health care. [6] Rises in COVID-19 cases were reported in migrant and refugee camps in 2020 in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and on Greek islands. [7]