{"id":674437,"date":"2022-05-27T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1598375"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T10:06:13","slug":"afghans-largest-group-fleeing-to-the-uk-by-crossing-the-channel-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/27\/afghans-largest-group-fleeing-to-the-uk-by-crossing-the-channel-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghans \u2018largest group\u2019 fleeing to the UK by crossing the Channel \u2013 figures"},"content":{"rendered":"
People fleeing Afghanistan made up almost a quarter of the migrants crossing the Channel in the first three months of the year.<\/p>\n
Out of 4,540 people detected arriving by small boats between January and March 2022, some 24% (1,094) were Afghan nationals, according to Home Office figures.<\/p>\n
This was the most out of any nationality recorded, followed by 16% who were Iranian (722) and 15% (681) Iraqi \u2013 which both typically outrank Afghans in the numbers.<\/p>\n
The rise has prompted concerns from campaigners that the Government\u2019s resettlement scheme in the wake of the Taliban takeover is failing and raised questions over whether Afghans could be at risk of being deported to Rwanda because they could be deemed to have arrived in the UK illegally under new immigration rules.<\/p>\n
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