According to the statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, 973 people tried to reach Britain from France during last Saturday. The figure was the highest this year.
Yesterday, four people, one child and three adults, died in accidents involving small boats carrying migrants. A total of 51 people have drowned in the English Channel between France and Britain this year.
There have been 26,600 crossers this year.
According to the authorities, the deaths occurred when people were suffocated in over-packed rubber boats.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labor government has made eradicating human trafficking a central theme.
AFP