Number of Illegal Immigrants Crossing English Channel to UK This Year Has Exceeded Whole of 2021

A group of illegal immigrants are brought in to Dover, England, by the RNLI, on Aug. 25, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

More illegal immigrants have crossed the English Channel to reach the UK so far this year than in the whole of 2021, UK government figures suggest.

Some 601 people were detected on Sept. 12 in 19 boats, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, taking the provisional total for the year to 28,561.