According to government statistics, more than 20,000 individuals have been found crossing the English Channel in tiny boats so far this year.
The number of detections reached 607 on Saturday, the third time since the year 2022 began that it has done so.
The year’s preliminary total now stands at 20,017.
Just over 11,300 crossings had been made at this time in the previous year, with a jump in the last few months of the year bringing the total to 28,526 crossings.
According to the Ministry of Defence, 3,618 crossings have been found so far in August, including 1,694 in the last week.
On August 1, 696 persons made the passage in 14 boats, which was the biggest number of passengers in a single day this year.
Yesterday, the Border Force apprehended 607 persons who had entered the country illegally in 14 boats, or around 43 people each boat.
Aboard November 11 of last year, 1,185 persons made the most crossings in a single day, arriving in the UK on tiny boats.
According to numbers that were leaked, Albanians today make up the biggest ethnic group among those who cross. Currently, migrants from the Balkan nation make up four out of every ten landings from northern France, with 1,075 Albanians arriving in the UK in the six weeks leading up to July 12 on dinghies and small boats.
They outnumbered all other nationalities, including Afghans, Iranians, Iraqis, and Syrians, making up 37.5% of all migrants transported to the UK by gangs in small boats during the time period.
Conservative backbenchers have urged the next prime minister to take immediate action.
“It’s evident that many Albanians travelling to the UK in tiny boats are not escaping from war or persecution, they are economic migrants,” said Natalie Elphicke, a Tory MP for Dover.
This is apparent crime, which emphasises how urgent it is to go on with Rwanda and similar plans.
In recent years, more and more individuals have been undertaking the risky trek while traversing congested maritime channels.
According to government statistics, 299 cases were discovered in 2018, 1,843 in 2019, 8,466 in 2020, and 28,526 in 2017.
Despite increasing numbers, only a tiny portion of travellers to Europe arrive in the UK aboard small boats.
According to data from the UN’s refugee agency, at least 120,441 individuals crossed the Mediterranean Water by land and sea to enter Europe in 2021.
A representative for the government earlier declared: “The growth in risky Channel crossings is unacceptable.
They not only openly violate our immigration rules, but they also endanger lives and make it harder for us to assist refugees who enter the UK legally and safely.
With a possible term of life in jail, the Nationality and Borders Act will allow us to clamp down on system abuse and the nefarious people traffickers.
‘Under our new Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, we are continuing our preparations to relocate those who are making dangerous, unnecessary, and illegal journeys into the UK in order for their claims to be considered and so that they can rebuild their lives,’ the statement reads.