Despite the risks, many migrants still try to take to the sea between France and England. On May 1 alone, 711 migrants arrived in the United Kingdom on 14 boats, according to figures from the Home Office. This is a record for 2024. The last figure of this importance was on April 14, with 534 arrivals.
On the same day on Wednesday, 400 other people failed to pass. In Dieppe alone, 66 exiles, including women and children, were rescued. Since the start of 2024, more than 8,000 arrivals have been recorded on English shores, the majority being people from Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey.
A fatal shipwreck in April
On April 23, a shipwreck off the coast of Wimereux left five people dead, after a stampede when boarding. Among the victims, Sara, barely seven years old, originally from Iraq with her family. “ At least a hundred times I shouted “Help”, no one listened to mehis father testified in our columns. I knew my daughter was beneath other people, but I couldn’t do anything. »
