Of these, 10,000 are single men. That corresponds to one to two percent of the total adult population of the Balkan state, the Daily Mail newspaper quoted officials as saying on Thursday. In total, more than 38,000 people have reached the British coast in small boats so far in 2022. In all of 2021 there were only 28,526.
The increase is exponential, O’Mahoney said. “We think this is mainly due to Albanian criminal gangs gaining a foothold in northern France and starting to support a very large number of migrants.” In Britain, there has been repeated criticism that French border guards are doing too little to prevent illegal crossings. O’Mahoney defended the French. So far they have prevented 28,000 attempts and destroyed more than 1,000 boats. That’s twice as much as last year, the official said.
The Conservative government is concerned about the large number of migrants entering the country illegally. As a deterrent, it has reached an agreement with Rwanda. In the future, migrants will have to be handed over to the East African country and apply for asylum there rather than in Britain. If the request is granted, they should stay there. Otherwise they risk deportation to their country of origin. The United Nations Refugee Agency considers the plan a violation of international law.
(SDA)