According to data collected by the Palestinian News Agency, about 19,756 people have already arrived in the UK from France this year. The number of people trying to cross the English Channel has been increasing since the winter of 2018.
Despite the British government’s pledge to curb the flow of illegal immigrants across the English Channel, the numbers have surpassed previous years this year as well – It was mentioned in an article on ZeroHedge news portal.
On November 2, British authorities arrested 456 people trying to cross the English Channel, and French authorities prevented 343 migrants from reaching the UK.
According to the data of the Palestinian News Agency
By October of this year, there were already about 19,800 immigrants, while last year as a whole about 16,000 immigrants arrived in the UK from France.
In July, the UK and France announced an agreement to tackle the problem, with the UK paying France £54m (about £22.7bn) to more than double the number of police officers patrolling French coasts.
on the english channel The number of people trying to cross has begun to increase since the winter of 2018. That year, according to the British Home Office, 299 people tried to reach Britain on this route.
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