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Number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel passes 18,000, data suggests

THE total number of people who have crossed the English Channel in search of asylum so far this year has passed 18,000, Ministry of Defence figures…

The National (Scotland)

More than 18,000 refugees have crossed Channel in small boats this year – MoD

Figure passed as charities criticise Mail on Sunday’s claims about ‘economic migrants’ from Albania

The Guardian - UK

Total number of people crossing English Channel in small boats passes 18,000

The new milestone was reached just days after the busiest day for Channel crossings in 2022 so far.

The Independent UK

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Channel smugglers drop prices and cram more people on to boats

Increased number of people arriving in UK in more overcrowded vessels shows Rwanda plan not working, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Migrant crossings resume as report warns asylum seekers at risk of exploitation

Small boats crossings resumed in the English Channel on Thursday after none were reported on Tuesday or Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Scottish salmon industry urges ministers to act over Dover delays

Action urged over Brexit-related delays of up to 48 hours caused by queues on the UK side of Channel

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel's Rwanda deportation plan branded 'deluded' as record numbers cross Channel

Under-fire Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed to curb numbers of asylum seekers arriving in small boats but her plan to ship migrants to Rwanda has been caught up in legal wrangles

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Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel in one day, a record for the year

Monday saw 696 migrants and asylum seekers cross the Channel from France to the United Kingdom, on board 14 small boats. The defence ministry described the influx as the highest daily tally for 2022 and only the second time this year that daily crossings have topped 600.

Radio France Internationale

UK Rwanda asylum plan under fire as rising numbers cross Channel

MoD says 696 people made journey in small boats on Monday, as concerns grow over government response

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel on Monday in record high for 2022

More than 17,000 people have arrived in the UK this year

Evening Standard

Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel in single day in record high for 2022

More than 17,000 people have arrived in the UK this year.

The Independent UK

Channel migrant crossings hit highest daily total this year as 696 make treacherous journey

Crossings come more than three months after UK government announced Rwanda deporations in bid to deter journeys

The Independent UK

Channel migrant total tops 3,600 for July amid reports of new deal with France

Home secretary Priti Patel is intending to pay the French government tens of millions of pounds for more beach patrols and surveillance equipment.

Wales Online

Travel operators demand action, not blame, over cross-Channel delays

Eurocamp executive says more passport capacity needed, after Port of Dover gets just one-thousandth of the Brexit funding it requested

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The Independent UK

Baby and dozens of migrants drowned in Channel ‘while UK and French services left rescue to each other’

At least 27 people died in the tragedy, which was the worst migrant Channel drowning on record

Zenger

Vacationers Fear Delays In Crossing English Channel Due To French Staff Shortage

Following a weekend of huge delays, the port in southern England has returned to 'normal' but more delays are feared.

Evening Standard

Brexit not to blame for travel chaos, says No10

Downing Street insisted on Monday that Brexit wasn’t responsible for the chaos seen at the Channel crossings over the past few days.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says French staff shortages not Brexit to blame for Channel holidays misery

‘These are not scenes that we think are necessitated by leaving the European Union,’ No 10 insists

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Dover ferry passengers advised to arrive early amid fears of summer-long disruption

Cross-Channel ferry passengers told to arrive in good time for border checks after weekend of delays

Radio France Internationale

Congestion eases at English Channel port of Dover

Officials at the English Channel port of Dover on Sunday said operations had returned to normal, after two days of lengthy delays blamed on post-Brexit border checks.

The Guardian - UK

Channel travel chaos continues with ‘holiday hell’ at Eurotunnel

Holidaymakers hoping to cross from Dover and Folkestone to France on Sunday told to expect long delays

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers face waits at Channel with Brexit and French authorities blamed

Holidaymakers and lorry drivers have endured long waits to cross the Channel in a second day of chaos blamed on Brexit and French authorities.

Chronicle Live

Warning that Dover-Calais queues expected on Saturday as summer getaway continues

If you are heading down to Kent to cross the Channel to Calais, expect disruption as the gridlock seen on Friday is likely to be repeated

Daily Mirror

'Grant Shapps is nowhere to be seen while holidaymakers face travel chaos'

The UK Government now has less clout than it had as an EU member, as we also see over refugee and migrant Channel boat crossings. Hard-working Brits are seeing their holidays being turned into a nightmare

The Independent UK

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

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