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The dinghy migrants who crossed the English Channel this week have brought to over 100,000 the total number of people who have made the perilous journey across the English Channel since records began in 2018.
British government figures showed 99,960 people have made the perilous journey from France to Britain in the past five years, but with another 40 believed to have been rescued by the coastguard earlier on Thursday, the figure will pass the 100 mark. thousand.
The figures show a large increase from year to year, since in 2018 only 299 illegal immigrants crossed the English Channel, while the number reached its peak in 2022 with 45,755, where over 12 thousand of them were Albanians.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made banning raft crossings one of his government's top five priorities. But plans to reduce illegal immigration have been mired in difficulties and delays.
This week 15 people were transferred to the Portland-based Bibby Stockholm, but it was ongoing legal challenges that prevented another 20 from being transferred to the ship.
The accommodation on the Dorset coast eventually aims to accommodate 500 single men, although this figure is less than 1% of the people waiting to have their asylum claim considered.
As well as barges, the government wants to use tents and military bases as cheaper forms of accommodation than hotels, which the Home Office says cost British taxpayers around £6m a day.
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