British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said stopping the English Channel crossings depends largely on the French authorities.
Almost 800 migrants landed in the U.K. on Monday, bringing the total who have crossed the English Channel this year to more than 12,000, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.
In 2020, the French Maritime Prefecture in charge of the Channel reported 868"operations" in which 9,551 migrants attempted to cross or crossed by boat to the U.K. About 8,500 migrants completed the journey, with several dying during the attempt. Dozens of women, men and children, wrapped up in blankets, were brought ashore Wednesday in the southeast England port of Dover by British Border Force boats after being picked up from dinghies in the Channel.
The British and French governments have worked for years to stop the journeys, without much success. Earlier this year, Britain agreed to give France 54 million pounds to help fund a doubling of the number of police patrolling French beaches.