English Channel Crossings Continue as Numbers Approach 2020 Record

A group of people thought to be migrants are escorted by Border Force officers following a small boat incident in the Channel, from the beach in Dungeness, Kent, Britain, on July 20, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA

People continued to risk making the perilous journey across the English Channel to the UK on Tuesday, with numbers for 2021 now approaching the entire figure for 2020.

More than 8,000 migrants have succeeded in making the dangerous trip so far this year, according to data analysis by the PA news agency.