Over 25,000 migrants arrive in UK since 2024 began
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The findings from the Home Office show that 1,519 migrants crossed the Channel between September 16 and 22.
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A boat thought to be with migrants is escorted by a vessel from the French Gendarmerie Nationale off the Wimereux beach in France on September 4, 2024. (AP)
More than 25,000 unauthorized migrants have landed in the United Kingdom crossing the English Channel since the beginning of 2024, according to Home Office figures.
The findings show that 1,519 migrants crossed the Channel between September 16 and 22. Prior to this, 23,533 migrants have crossed the border since the start of the year. In all, 25,052 illegal migrants came in the UK from January to September 2024.
Earlier this month, almost 800 migrants landed in a single day, breaking a new daily arrival record since the Labour Party took control in July. The maximum number of daily crossings, 900, was reported on June 18.
The number has jumped from 4,644 asylum seekers based on provisional data from the Home Office back in March.
3,770 asylum seekers were detected in the same period last year, and 4,162 in 2022.
Western politicians, media scapegoating migrants for elections: UN
Some Western politicians and media are using migrants and minorities for scapegoating during their electoral campaigns, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said early this month.
"There are those politicians, amplified by some media outlets, who scapegoat migrants, refugees and minorities, as we have seen for example around electoral periods in Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, to name a few," he said at the opening of the 57th Regular Session of Human Rights Council.
"They capitalize on anxiety and despair, pitting one group against the other. And they seek to distract and divide. History has shown us that hateful words can trigger hateful actions," Turk added.
The diplomat highlighted that society is littered with racism and racial discrimination reinforced by "entrenched" power structures, and integrated interests and stereotypes that stem from legacies of colonialism and enslavement.
Although there is some progression on the matter, socio-economic prejudices are rooted in "far too many" countries around the world, Turk added.
