The UK Border Force last week brought dozens of Middle Eastern boat migrants to Britain after agents intercepted five boats in the English Channel.
On Friday, after intercepting 76 illegal migrants attempting to cross the Channel, the UK’s border authority transported the migrants – 55 men and 21 women claiming to nationals from Iraq, Iran, Yemen, and Kuwait – to Dover, England, The Daily Mail reports.
In the month of April, some 400 illegal boat migrants managed to reach the UK, the highest monthly total ever recorded. So far, at least 831 boat migrants have landed in the UK in 2020, a number that’s quickly approaching the 1,850 boat migrants which reached British shores in 2019.
The worsening of conditions at migrant camps in Calais and Dunkirk which have resulted amid the Chinese COVID-19 virus outbreak are believed to be compelling migrants to make the journey across the Channel.
As of this report, several cases have been recorded at migrant camps at Calais and Dunkirk. Despite this fact, UK authorities did not conduct any COVID-19 tests on the newly arrived migrants.