Record number of lone child boat migrants reach UK
An archive number of unaccompanied migrant children have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Kent County Council (KCC), which takes responsibility for lone children arriving on its shores, said it took 23 under-18s into care on Friday alone.
A record 235 persons made the crossing in 17 vessels on Thursday.
The government has said planes are because of return migrants to Europe, with a flight taking up to 20 on Wednesday.
The crossings continued on Friday, with at least 130 persons believed to have arrived on UK shores after being intercepted by authorities.
Pictures showed small children being lifted from boats by Border Force officers at the Port of Dover.
Roger Gough, leader of KCC, said the authority was "under some considerable pressure" because of the arrival of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
He said 65 children were taken into its care in-may, 85 in June, and 70 in July.
THE HOUSE Office has refused to verify the quantity of children arriving and figures supplied by KCC do not include those travelling with their own families.
At least 3,950 migrants reach the united kingdom in small boats this season.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a tweet that the amount of crossings was "shameful" and "unacceptably high", adding that she was "attempting to make this route unviable" by stopping boats from leaving France as well as intercepting and returning those wanting to make a crossing.
"This is complex to do and we face serious legislative, legal and operational barriers," she added.
About a dozen Conservative MPs have signed a letter to Ms Patel calling for the federal government to stop crossings and return persons who illegally cross the English Channel.
Crawley MP Henry Smith said the federal government needed to "have a much more robust response with France".
Since January 2019, a lot more than 155 people who entered the united kingdom on small boats have already been returned to Europe. At least 5,800 persons have arrived in that point.
The number due to be returned on Wednesday's flight is within a letter from the house Office's Immigration Enforcement team to officials at the High Court, aiming their plan for the removal of migrants and arguing why judges shouldn't consider late attempts to avoid the flight.
The migrants will be returned to France and Germany after those countries decided to consider their asylum claims.
THE HOUSE Office has blamed current regulations - which determine where an asylum-seeker's claim is heard - for the comparatively low number of folks to have already been returned to Europe.
It said the Dublin Regulations, which will not apply to the UK after Brexit, were being "abused by both migrants and activist lawyers to frustrate the returns of these who have no right to be here".
