The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel has reached a record high for the first three months of a calendar year, Ednews informs, citing BBC.
According to provisional Home Office figures, 338 people arrived in seven boats on Tuesday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644.
The previous record for arrivals in January to March was set in 2022 with 4,548.
The number of arrivals so far this year is 23% higher than the total at this point in 2023, which was 3,770, a PA news agency analysis of government figures shows.
It is also 12% higher than the total at this stage in 2022, which was 4,162.
There were 29,437 arrivals across the whole of 2023, down 36% on a record 45,774 arrivals in 2022.
The figures come after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak continued to insist his plan to “stop the boats” was working, even though crossings in 2024 were tracking ahead of recent years.
