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‘UK, we love you’: First arrivals of 2022 cross Channel

A young girl in a pink onesie was carried ashore by her father in Dover on Tuesday.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2022-01-05 14:12
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The first migrants to cross the Channel in small boats in 2022 shouted “UK, we love you” as they were escorted into Dover by rescue teams. 

At least 65 men, women, children and a baby were intercepted by RNLI and Border Force officials on Tuesday.

A little girl wearing pink onesie was among them, carried ashore by a man believed to be her father. 

They were seen being escorted up the gangway by immigration officials before being taken off to be processed.

The latest arrivals – believed to be the first this year – come after more than 28,300 people crossed the Dover Strait aboard small boats in 2021, triple the number for 2020.

More crossings attempted

Last year’s record number – an increase of about 20,000 on 2020 – came despite millions of pounds promised to French authorities to tackle the issue.

A Home Office minister said the Government is “reforming” its approach to asylum through its New Plan for Immigration.

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Also seen arriving in Dover on Tuesday morning were a man and woman leading a child wrapped in a blanket – perhaps a family-of-three.

A number of Border Force and French boats have been active in the Channel on Tuesday amid renewed attempts to cross the dangerous waters.

The last 12 months have seen smugglers packing more and more people aboard larger and larger dinghies, sometimes with deadly consequences.

But arrivals will continue and more people will drown in the narrow sea between France and Britain if the Government pursues its “dangerous and callous policy”, ministers have been warned.

Overall, at least 28,395 people reached the UK aboard small boats in 2021, according to analysis by the PA news agency.

‘Deadly’

Tim Naor Hilton, chief executive at Refugee Action, said that the UK Government’s policy will lead to more deaths in the Dover Strait.

He said: “People will continue to cross the Channel in flimsy boats, and smugglers will continue to profit, unless ministers open up more routes for refugees to claim asylum here.

“(In November) we saw the deadly result of their strategy of keeping people out rather than keeping people safe, when at least 27 people died near our coast.

“And yet the Government wants to legalise this dangerous and callous policy in its Anti-Refugee Bill, which will only lead to more people drowning. It must wake up and scrap this Bill now.”

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove said: “Seeking asylum for protection should not involve people asylum shopping country to country, or risking their lives by lining the pockets of criminal gangs to cross the Channel.”

He said the Government is “reforming” its approach by “making the tough decisions to end the overt exploitation of our laws and UK taxpayers”.

Related: Austrian newspaper rips into Boris Johnson’s Brexit ‘wins’

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