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– How many migrants have arrived so far this year? A total of 33,684 people have been detected crossing the Channel in small boats since the start of 2024, according to provisional figures from ...
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.
So far this year 35,898 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel, provisional Home Office figures show. This is up 22% on this time last year, but down 22% on 2022.
This government has already demonstrated its commitment to removing individuals who have no right to remain in the United Kingdom. Between 5 July and 31 August 2024, there were 1,240 enforced returns of people with no legal right to remain in the UK. This compares with 1,010 over the same period in 2023, an increase of 23%.
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 ...
Migration Watch UK, is a think-tank opposed to a large scale of immigration. [14] Migration Watch UK has criticised the Home Office figures for not including the UK-born dependent children of illegal migrants. They suggested in 2007 that the Home Office had underestimated the numbers of illegal migrants by between 15,000 and 85,000.
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.
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 ...