Channel crossings break 2023 record: Nearly 800 migrants made perilous journey to Britain over weekend
and lack of rain to bring around 800 people over across the entire weekend.Sunday's total of 616 migrants exceeds the 497 migrants who made the perilous journey on Saturday, April 22.
So far this year, some 8,380 have crossed the English Channel, down from around 10,000 at the same time last year. Migrants run up the dunes near Gravelines Nuclear Power Station to hide the smuggling boats from French National Police dispatched to prevent them from illegally crossing the English Channel.It comes after Rishi Sunak said last week that the numbers were down 20 per cent compared with 2022.
Mr Sunak's official spokesperson said: "Obviously we know that crossings fluctuate on any given day.'I think that when the Prime Minister gave his update, he was talking about a five-month average 20% reduction rather than a snapshot figure."Equally we know that, on average, the enhanced work with our French counterparts means that you are now more likely to be intercepted and stopped if you attempt to make a crossing than succeed in crossing the Channel.
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