Attempted migrant Channel crossings to UK rise 68% in first half of 2022: France
Attempted migrant Channel crossings to UK rise 68% in first half of 2022: France
Attempted migrant Channel crossings to the UK rose by 68% in the first half of the year according to French authorities.
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Border Force escort migrants to Dover after they were picked up in the English Channel. [Stuart Brock/Anadolu Agency via Getty]
The number of migrants seeking to cross the Channel from France to the English coast in small boats rose 68 percent in the first half of 2022, the French interior ministry said, Monday as the UK seeks to toughen its policy against arrivals.
From January 1 to June 13, there were 777 attempted crossings involving 20,132 people, up 68 percent on the same period last year, the ministry told AFP, adding French security forces had prevented over 60 percent of the crossings.
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