No Channel migrant crossings recorded for two weeks

No Channel migrant crossings recorded for two weeks

Published January 18,2023


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Migrants haven’t crossed the Channel to Britain for 14 days – the longest stretch with none arrivals for 9 months.

No crossings have been recorded by the Ministry of Defence since January 2, when 44 individuals made the journey in a single boat in the one crossing of the yr up to now.

It is the longest uninterrupted interval with out migrant crossings since a 13-day hiatus was recorded between March 29 and April 10 final yr, evaluation of presidency figures by the PA news company exhibits.

The second longest steady break in exercise was 11 days from November 15 to November 25.

Government officers beforehand advised any drop in crossings over the winter could possibly be seasonal and linked to climate circumstances, with numbers anticipated to rise once more within the spring.

Meanwhile, separate figures printed on Tuesday present the variety of diphtheria circumstances amongst asylum seekers reported in England stands at 73.

No new circumstances have up to now been recorded in 2023, in line with UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) information to January 15.

Asylum seekers with signs of the highly-contagious illness are being put into isolation amid a rise within the variety of infections amongst these coming to Britain.

But ministers and well being officers have insisted the chance of the general public getting diphtheria may be very low and infections are uncommon.

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