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Some 21,000 Migrants Slipped Into UK Undetected in 2022 – Reports

© AP Photo / Matt Dunham / Illegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in DoverIllegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in Dover
Illegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in Dover - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.08.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The UK government estimates that around 21,000 illegal migrants entered the country undetected last year, British press reported Saturday, citing a Home Office source.
The figures provided by the unnamed official show that some 30,000 asylum seekers entered the country by means other than small boats that illegally ferry migrants across the English Channel.
Almost 9,000 others were stopped by the Border Force at airports, seaports and other ports of entry. That leaves about 21,000 illegal immigrants who slipped into the country undetected, the daily estimated.
On top of that, 54,563 migrants who arrived in the United Kingdom last year by boat, on the back of trucks and ferries and were caught by authorities up to 72 hours after their arrival.
UK Border Force officers help migrants, believed to have been picked up from boats in the Channel, disembark from Coastal patrol vessel HMC Speedwell, in the port of Dover, on the south-east coast of England on August 9, 2020. - The British government on Sunday appointed a former marine to lead efforts to tackle illegal migration in the Channel ahead of talks with France on how to stop the dangerous crossings. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP) - Sputnik International, 1920, 18.07.2023
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The source told The Times these figures called into question the government’s policy of reducing illegal immigration, which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has identified as one of his five priorities for restoring the country to prosperity in 2023.
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