More small-boat migrants arrive at Dover — as nearly 1,000 crossed Channel at weekend
MORE small-boat migrants arrive at Dover yesterday — after nearly 1,000 crossed at the weekend, taking the year’s total to more than 21,000.
Home Office figures reveal 113 made the trip in two boats in Sunday’s calm weather.
And 872 arrived on Saturday — a single-day record for 2023.
The past month has seen 6,000 arrivals, though the total is 19 per cent down on this time last year.
PM Rishi Sunak has made it one of his key goals to stop the boats and thwart smuggling gangs who charge thousands of pounds for the risky journey.
We revealed yesterday that the PM’s plan to deport some migrants to Rwanda has been put on ice pending an autumn Supreme Court battle.
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Ministers want to win it to pave the way for flights before the next election.
Some Tories are demanding Mr Sunak be prepared to quit the European Court of Human Rights if needed to get planes off to Kigali.
Tory MP Jonathan Gullis told The Sun: “Get flights to Rwanda, do more deals with other safe third countries and be willing to withdraw from the ECHR.”