More illegal immigrants have crossed the English Channel to reach the UK so far this year than in the whole of 2021, UK government figures suggest.
Some 601 people were detected on Sept. 12 in 19 boats, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, taking the provisional total for the year to 28,561.
Last year’s total was 28,526, according to official figures.
The 2022 figure to date is nearly double the number that had been detected by this point last year, which was just under 14,500.
There have been 3,518 crossings recorded in September so far, analysis shows.
A record 1,295 illegal immigrants crossed the Channel on Aug. 22, the highest figure for a single day since the current system of record-keeping began in 2018….