Migrant arrivals in UK touch new record

About 800 migrants crossed the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom during the weekend, making it the busiest period so far in a record-breaking year.

The influx during the Easter holiday weekend brought the total number for 2024 to more than 5,400, the country's Home Office said.

A spokesperson for the UK government department that oversees immigration, security, and law and order told the BBC the scale of the arrivals "demonstrates exactly why we must get flights to Rwanda off the ground as soon as possible".