According to the source, women and children are among those who made the dangerous journey from Europe in search of asylum in the United Kingdom.

Local television footages show migrants aboard rubber boats, and others sitting on the beach after completing the journey from French or Belgian shores.

BBC chain informed, for its part, that about 8,000 people have arrived in the United Kingdom through the English Channel in 2021.

The British Conservative Government submitted a bill to Parliament that, if passed, would allow it to send asylum seekers to processing centers in third countries.

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