Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in single day

A record number of migrants crossed the Channel From France on a single day this week, the British government said on Thursday (5 August), pushing annual figures well beyond last year’s numbers.

A boat from Britain's Border Force (BF) transports a group of people thought to be migrants, including children, who were found in the English Channel off the coast of Dover, in Dover, Kent, Britain, 22 July 2021. [EPA-EFE/VICKIE FLORES]

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