A record number of immigrants have entered the UK over the Channel in a single day—nearly 700—making it the most this year.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported that on Monday, 696 people travelled there in 14 boats.
This is the second time in 2022 that the daily figure has exceeded 600, and it is the greatest amount on a single day so far this year. The previous record was 651, which occurred on April 13.
A preliminary total of 17,095 crossings have been made so far this year.
In 2021, the cumulative number was little under 9,500 at the same point.
On November 11 of last year, 1,185 people were stopped at the border, the most ever observed on a single day.
Before leaving the Kent port on double-decker buses, large groups of migrants, including small children, were spotted being carried ashore at Ramsgate yesterday.
Recent days have seen migrant arrivals rerouted from Dover to Ramsgate due to anticipated excessive traffic on land and at sea.
On whether the change is reintroduced at the weekend will be decided in the upcoming days.
The inflow occurred amid rumours that the Home Secretary will sign another large-scale agreement with France to reduce Channel crossings.
Priti Patel signed a “world-first” deal with Rwanda on April 14 that will allow the east African country to accept immigrants that the UK believes entered “illegally” and are therefore ineligible under new immigration regulations.
However, the first deportation flight, which was scheduled to depart on June 14, was grounded owing to legal issues.
The next court hearings are scheduled for September and October.
A number of asylum seekers, the Public and Commercial Services union, Care4Calais, Detention Action, and Asylum Aid are contesting the legitimacy of the Home Office policy.
In addition to the more than £80 million previously given over the past few years, Ms. Patel is now planning to pay the French tens of millions of pounds for additional beach patrols and monitoring tools, according to The Times.
Since the proposals, which aim to attempt and discourage migrants from making the journey, were first disclosed, about 12,000 people have entered the UK after crossing the Channel.