Almost 46,000 migrants crossed the Channel by small boat in 2022 – with 1,295 of these arriving in at some point, in line with official authorities figures.
A complete of 45,728 asylum seekers made the perilous journey throughout the 21-mile Dover Straits in 1,104 boats in 2022 – a median of 41 individuals per vessel.
August noticed 8.641 individuals arrive in Britain by inflatable dinghy or different small craft – probably the most migrants to achieve the UK in a single month.
And the busiest day got here on August 22 when 1,295 migrants arrived in Britain over a 24-hour interval.
A complete of 45,728 asylum seekers made the perilous journey throughout the 21-mile Dover Straits in 1,104 boats final 12 months – a median of 41 individuals per vessel (pictured: group of individuals regarded as migrants rescued by the RNLI following a small boat incident within the Channel in December)
On December 14 4 individuals died within the Channel when a ship carrying 43 migrants sank within the early hours of the morning.
British and French authorities launched a global rescue operation after the crew of a UK fishing boat reported listening to cries for assist coming from the water round 3am.
The fishermen, who noticed a deflated dinghy and a variety of individuals within the icy waters, desperately tried to assist survivors on board their trawler.
Two asylum seekers had been airlifted to hospital after battling freezing situations within the water however regardless of efforts by authorities, 4 males – who haven’t but been recognized – died within the tragic incident.
Kent Police continues to hold out enquiries to establish the migrants and their subsequent of kin. It’s believed they had been from Afghanistan and Senegal.
The pressure has additionally launched a legal investigation into the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
August noticed 8.641 individuals arrive in Britain by inflatable dinghy or different small craft – probably the most migrants to achieve the UK in a single month (pictured: a bunch of individuals believed to be migrants that had been dropped at Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Drive vessel following a small boat incident within the Channel in March)
The variety of migrant crossings in 2022 has dwarfed 2021’s whole of 28,526, and 2020 which noticed simply 8,410 individuals make the treacherous journey.
The final asylum seekers to reach final 12 months got here on December 25 when 90 individuals had been intercepted by UK officers off the coast of Dover, Kent in two boats.
This month, the Ministry of Defence is about at hand duty for small boat crossings again to the Residence Workplace – after taking up from the division on April 14.
This can see the Royal Navy pulled out of the Channel and sub-contractors put in place to assist help Border Drive officers with intercepting and processing migrants.
