More than 2,600 migrants have landed in the UK by small boat this month so far, with 252 men, women and children making the perilous journey across the Channel yesterday.<br>Official figures released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reveals that 2,637 have reached British soil in 87 boats so far this month.
So far today it appears that none have crossed the Channel.<br>While bad weather out at sea saw a temporary break in crossings between May 9 and May 14, migrant numbers are on the rise again as the Spring months bring calmer skies and waters.<br>The first arrivals reached Dover, Kent in the early hours of yesterday at around 1.10am.
A second group was intercepted and escorted to shore on a Border Force rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) around 8.30am.<br>UK officials could be seen helping them off the vessel – with one member of staff carrying a young girl, aged around three or four years old, to safety.
At least three more, mostly male, groups could be seen arriving on board Border Force RHIBs over the following hour.<br> A young child among a group of people thought to be migrants is carried by a member of the military as they are brought in to Dover, Kent.
Monday May 23, 2022<br> According to the MoD, 9,439 people have arrived in the UK in 291 small boats this year.
In 2021, 28,526 people crossed the Channel – significantly higher than the 8,410 who arrived in 2020<br> A group of people thought to be migrants are boarded onto a bus after bring brought in to Dover, Kent.
Monday May 23, 2022<br> A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel.
Monday May 23, 2022<br> Migrants are brought ashore by a RNLI lifeboat in Dover, UK on May 23, 2022<br> A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel.
Monday May 23, 2022<br> A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard a Border Force vessel, following a small boat incident in the Channel.
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