Record 430 migrants cross English Channel in single day
Some 50 people, including women and young children, were seen landing on a Kent beach in a dinghy. …
Excluding the pandemic period, the UK consistently receives far fewer asylum applications than comparable nations. In 2019, some 45,000 sought asylum in the UK. That’s about a third of the number in France – and 1% of the total number of refugees marooned in Turkey following the war in Syria.