Abuses, hunger, and the effects of the Climate Crisis are often behind displacement. Every year, tens of thousands of people try to reach europe. Routes often change, and new ones are added. Instead of leaving from libya, many now set out from tunisia on a dangerous journey across the mediterranean or from lebanon to e. U. Member state cyprus. At the end of 2019, there were around 6. 6 million refugees in europe, but landing on european soil marks the start of a new odyssey. Those who want to reach the United Kingdom face an illegal and potentially deadly crossing over the channel. Estimates suggest that so far this year, 7,000 people have managed it. Reporter crossing the English Channel in rubber dinghies. Its a journey that mo migrants are making than ever before the British Government is getting tough. Control of u. K. Borders was one of the conservatives biggest brexit promises. But the crossings continue. So now the Royal Air Force and navy have been called in. Nazir from sudan i
French authorities have passed an intelligence dossier to the UK on the British charities operating around Calais, showing activists follow police and reveal their activities on social media to migrants.