Channel crossings continue with 4,000 migrants arriving in UK so far this year
Crossings have taken place each day this month so far, with 2,075 arrivals recorded from March 1 to 9.
Migrants continue to cross the English Channel as more than 4,000 people have arrived in the UK so far this year, according to latest figures.
Pictures showed people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent, after disembarking from a Border Force boat on Monday.
It comes as Home Office data recorded 237 people made the journey in four boats on Sunday, taking the provisional total this year to 4,131.
The highest number arriving in one day this year so far stands at 592 people, crossing the Channel in 11 boats on March 2.
Crossings have taken place each day this month so far, with 2,075 arrivals recorded from March 1 to 9.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We all want to end dangerous small-boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.
“We are delivering real change in our approach through legislation to create new tools, powers, offences and enforcement action which will keep us one step ahead of the people-smuggling gangs.”
