{"id":261207,"date":"2022-11-15T07:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261207"},"modified":"2022-11-16T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T08:00:38","slug":"more-than-40000-migrants-have-crossed-the-channel-to-the-uk-so-far-this-year-official-government-figures-reveal-with-972-arriving-on-22-boats-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261207","title":{"rendered":"More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK so far this year, official government figures reveal with 972 arriving on 22 boats yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Two boats carrying 25 migrants are pictured being handed over by the French authorities to UK Border Force in the English Channel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>40,885 migrants have crossed the English Channel into the UK so far this year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The latest Home Office data comes as 972 people\u00a0made the crossing yesterday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The arrivals on Saturday were the first so far in November\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Almost 7,000 people arrived in the UK in October, many vulnerable refugees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Home Office deported 350 people in the same month, many criminals<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Natasha Anderson \u2013 Daily Mail.com Nov 13, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>More than 40,000 migrants have crossed\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/english-channel\/index.html\"><strong>English Channel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to the UK this year, Government figures show.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed on Sunday that\u00a040,885 individuals have made the journey into the country so far in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is seeing an increase in migrant crossings compared to 2021 which had a recorded\u00a028,561 crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The latest figures come after 972 people &#8211; including men, women and children &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11419877\/More-migrants-arrive-Dover-picked-Border-Force-350-deported-month.html\"><strong>made the crossing<\/strong><\/a> in 22 boats yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The arrivals on Saturday were the first so far in November, with the most recent crossings previously made on October 31 when 46 people were detected on one boat.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone comes as immigration minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/robert-jenrick\/index.html\"><strong>Robert Jenrick<\/strong><\/a> has insisted a move towards more basic accommodation is necessary to remove a &#8216;pull factor&#8217; for those making their way to the UK in small boats.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed the country&#8217;s &#8216;generosity&#8217; towards refugees is being &#8216;abused&#8217; by people &#8216;skipping the queue&#8217;, putting a strain on the immigration system.<\/p>\n<p>In an article for The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Jenrick said a &#8216;chronic shortage of acceptable accommodation&#8217; for &#8216;record numbers&#8217; of migrants has forced the Government to procure expensive and often unsuitable hotels, burdening the taxpayer with an &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; cost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Human decency has to be accompanied by hard-headed common sense: illegal immigrants are not entitled to luxury hotels,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Conditions in the UK are almost always better than in neighbouring countries, which helps explain why the UK is a destination of choice for economic migrants on the continent &#8216;asylum shopping&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Hotel Britain&#8217; must end and be replaced with simple, functional accommodation that does not create an additional pull factor.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>August 22 saw the highest daily total on record, with 1,295 people crossing in 27 boats.<\/p>\n<p>It is nearly seven months since then Home Secretary Priti Patel announced plans to send migrants to Rwanda to try to deter people from crossing the Channel.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, 33,805 people have arrived in the UK after making the journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11422489\/More-40-000-migrants-crossed-English-Channel-UK-far-year.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardly any will be deported, even if they are criminals. 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