Almost 10,000 people have entered the UK illegally by crossing the English Channel in small boats this year, official figures show.
By Friday, a total of 9,988 illegal immigrants arrived in small boats in 2022, according to the analysis of government data by the PA news agency.
Some 4,035 of these people arrived after April 14, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government’s plan to put illegal immigrants on one-way flights to Rwanda in order to deter people smuggling by small boats.
Former Brexit Party MEP Ben Habib questioned the resettlement plan on Friday, telling Talk TV it’s “not actually working” in deterring channel crossings….