More than 200 folks cross Channel in seventh day in a row of recorded journeys
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ore than 200 migrants arrived within the UK by crossing the Channel within the seventh consecutive day of recorded journeys, newest figures present.
A complete of 210 folks travelled on 5 boats to the UK on September 8 in keeping with Home Office knowledge, suggesting a mean of 42 folks per vessel.
This brings the overall quantity of people that have made the journey over the previous week to 2,188 new arrivals amid a spell of heat climate.
Saturday September 2 marked the very best variety of folks to journey in a single day this yr, with 872 folks in 15 boats who made the crossing.
This yr up to now, 22,289 folks have arrived within the UK through the English Channel, which nonetheless stays decrease than the identical date final yr the place 27,705 folks had made the crossing by September 8.