En 2023, le Royaume-Uni a enregistré 29 437 arrivées de migrants à bord de "small boats", contre 45 000 l'année précédente.
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00:00 In 2023, the United Kingdom recorded 29,437 arrivals of migrants on board of small boats,
00:07 against 45,000 the previous year.
00:09 Although the strengthening of the security system on the French coasts has certainly
00:14 contributed to this decrease, it is mainly explained by changes in migratory dynamics.
00:19 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can display his satisfaction.
00:24 A few days before the end of the year, the United Kingdom recorded a significant decrease
00:31 in the number of migrants crossing small boats in the Channel.
00:35 Some 29,437 arrivals of migrants were recorded by the British Ministry of the Interior over
00:42 the year, against more than 45,000 in 2022, a drop of a third.
00:47 What comforted the Conservative leader, who has fought against illegal immigration
00:53 in the past, is one of his priorities, and this despite several recent setbacks, as in
00:57 the Rwanda case.
00:58 Network dismantling strategy.
01:00 Certainly, the bad weather conditions this summer in the north and the Calais Pas did
01:06 not favor crossing.
01:07 But the United Kingdom seems to be reaping the fruits of its heavy investments in the
01:12 militarization of its maritime border in Calais, as part of the Tukey agreements signed
01:17 in 2003.
01:18 In March, the British and French signed a new financial agreement worth € 500 million
01:25 over four years.
01:26 Barbelé, thermal cameras, increase in police force.
01:31 Since 2017, € 425 million has been spent to strengthen the border and prevent migrants
01:38 from crossing it, according to a report published by French researchers in February 2022.
01:43 "There has been a massive reinforcement of the police presence and the fight against
01:49 migrants crossing," explains Mehdi Bimbouzid, prosecutor of the Republic of Saint-Omer,
01:54 specializing in the fight against crossings.
01:56 "There is a network dismantling strategy that is of a judicial nature, and another
02:02 of departure preventions that is managed by the prefectural body.
02:04 It is the latter that is considerably strengthened, in particular thanks to the British funding.
02:10 At the same time that we fight against departures, we fight against crossings.
02:15 It is this combination that makes it pay in 2023."