THE small boats crisis is poised to worsen with more than 50,000 migrants crossing the Channel this year, a Home Office minister admitted today as he warned against "demonising" people making the perilous journey.
Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said that because November has historically been a record month for Channel crossings, the Government was preparing for the current total of around 40,000 arrivals to rise significantly before the year ends.
He said the anticipated new surge could take the overall number of migrants coming in small boats this year to 50,000 or even "significantly higher" - around double the record of 28,526 in 2021 - to place further pressure on an already "overwhelmed" asylum system.
He said that "radical options" for tackling the crisis would have to be considered over the coming months, alongside efforts to procure more hotel accommodation to ease the current overcrowding at the Manston reception centre in Kent, where inspectors have warned of intolerable and unlawful conditions.
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