56,000 immigrants expected to cross channel into UK this year: Britain is anticipating that 56,000 migrants will cross the English Channel in small boats to its shores this year, court documents show, meaning it would be need to house as many as 140,000…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping boat arrivals one of his five priorities after the number of migrants arriving on the south coast of England soared to a record level in 2022 of more than 45,000, up 500% in the last two years.
In court documents submitted as part of a case being brought against it at London's high court on Wednesday, the government said as of March it was estimated to be accommodating more than 109,000 asylum seekers, with 48,000 in hotels at a cost of £6.2 million "Significantly, the number needing support is predicted to grow still further: Home Office operational plans are based on scenarios of up to 56,000 small boat arrivals in 2023," the document said.
Last year, Britain agreed a deal to send tens of thousands of migrants more than 6,400 km to Rwanda but so far no one has been deported while the courts decide whether the policy is lawful.
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