990 migrants crossed the English Channel in 24 small boats on Saturday, the UK Ministry of Defence has said, bringing the total number of migrants making the journey from France so far this month to 6,395.
Government figures collated by the BBC show 39,430 people have crossed on small boats so far this year, compared with 28,461 who arrived in 2021.
Conditions at a migrant processing centre in Manston have been described as “wretched”. David Neal, independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, visited the site at Manston Airport on Monday and warned it had already passed the point of being unsafe.
He told MPs he had written to the home secretary about the dangerous conditions at the centre, run by the Home Office.
It was designed for no more than 1,600 people but Mr Neal said there were 2,800 living there on the day he visited.
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