The continued increase in migrant crossings in the English Channel has raised alarms, with over 51,000 detected since July 2023. The latest figures indicate 27,799 small boat arrivals this year alone. Key figures emphasize the growing influence of criminal gangs in human trafficking. Baroness Jacqui Smith has expressed strong concern over the escalating numbers, calling them unacceptable. In response, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch stated that measures regarding detention centers are being explored to address the situation.
A vessel carrying more than 100 migrants is thought to have helped bring the number of small boat arrivals to 27,799 this year. Home Office figures show 325 migrants crossed the English Channel by small boat on Wednesday, in the same week that the number of arrivals since Labour won the election hit 50,000.
A total of 51,041 migrants have been detected crossing the Channel since Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer entered No 10 on July 5 last year.
Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, who is now an education and women and equalities minister, told BBC Breakfast on Monday: 'It is an unacceptable number of people.'
Speaking on the Isle of Wight this week, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said: 'My team are now looking at what we can do in terms of detention centres.'
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