According to the Home Office, 711 passengers traveled in 14 boats on Wednesday, indicating that there were 51 passengers on average per boat.
With this, the preliminary total of arrivals so far this year is 8,278.
This is 19% more than the total at this level in 2022 and 34% more than the total at the same period in the previous year.
A total of 29,437 migrants entered the UK last year, a 36% decrease from the peak 45,774 entries in 2022.
Rishi Sunak’s main pledge to “stop the boats” is to act as a deterrent by utilizing the government’s deportation plan from Rwanda.
One thousand and eleven1 people have crossed the English Channel since the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act was signed into legislation last week.
The proposal seeks to bring back the halted program, which was introduced two years ago but has been repeatedly challenged in court.
