882 Illegal Immigrants Cross English Channel in Daily Record for 2024

Published on June 19, 2024

The Home Office says 882 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday, the biggest number for a single day this year. This latest influx brings the provisional total for the number of people who have made the crossing so far in 2024 to 12,313. When asked about it while campaigning for the general election in East Anglia, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told broadcasters: “In the last 12 months the numbers of people crossing the channel is actually down almost a third. That hasn’t happened before and it shows that we can make a difference. That is what I have been focused on doing.”...

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