32,691 migrants arrived on British shores this year, 22% more than the same period last year.
The British Home Office announced this Sunday that nine boats with 572 people on board were intercepted on Saturday while trying to cross the English Channel.
London indicated that, with them, 32,691 migrants arrived on British shores this year, 22% more than in the same period last year.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced new measures to combat criminal groups involved in human trafficking from the Balkans and thus reduce the number of boats arriving from continental Europe.
Starmer assured that they will treat human traffickers as “terrorists.”
Four bodies were found in waters near Calais last week, according to the French Coast Guard.
Police in Kent, in the United Kingdom, also revealed that they had recovered a body in the waters of the English Channel, near Dover, on Tuesday.
In total, 50 people died this year trying to enter the United Kingdom, according to a report from the French Coast Guard, a report that does not include these latest deaths.
Reducing immigration, both legal and illegal, was at the center of the recent election campaign that saw the Labor Party return to power after 14 years in opposition.
Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party has seen unprecedented growth, winning around 14% of the vote and five seats in parliament.
Since taking power, Prime Minister Keir Starmer abandoned the Conservative plan to deport migrants to Rwanda and prioritizes the fight against traffickers.
Starmer has set up a command center for the issue, headed by a former senior police officer, and is calling for greater cooperation with its European neighbours.
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Source: Observadora
