A record 45,728 people crossed the English Channel to the UK on small boats in 2022, up more than 60% on the previous year
Last year, 1,104 boats succeeded in reaching the UK, a small increase on the 1,034 that made the journey in 2021.
Almost 44% of days saw at least one person make the life-threatening journey to the UK, with arrivals on 159 separate days.Read more:A decline in the use of ferries by people seeking to reach Britain - exacerbated by the pandemic - has seen the number of people using dinghies spike in recent years. A government spokeswoman said:"The global migration crisis is causing an unprecedented strain on our asylum system.
At least 154,290 people arrived in Europe via the Mediterranean by land and sea in 2022, according to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's refugee and migrant rights director, said:"Just like last year, 2022 is coming to a close after yet more deeply tragic and largely avoidable deaths in the Channel.