Around 2,000 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally in just over a week.
Yesterday, GB News exclusively revealed the figure, which accounts for half the total of 4,000 Channel migrants who have made the voyage from France since the beginning of the year.
GB News can confirm that around 240 migrants crossed from France on Sunday in four small boats.
It follows 174 who arrived in three small boats on Saturday. The latest arrivals take the number of migrants who have made the voyage since Saturday 1 March to 2,078.
It takes the total for the year to more than 4,100, a record number of small boat crossings at this point in any year since the Channel migrant crisis began in 2016. Among those who arrived in the past week is a young Palestinian man named Abu Wadei, who is alleged to have extremist links.
A Home Office spokesman would not confirm whether he had been arrested by UK authorities.
In a statement, the spokesman said: “While it is a long-standing rule that we never comment on individual cases or operational matters, the British public can be reassured that we take all steps necessary at all times to protect the nation’s security.”
They added: “We are committed to ending small boat crossings which undermine our border security, and restoring order to the asylum system to ensure that the rules are respected and enforced.”
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