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Why do migrants risk their lives in the English channel over staying in France?

Why do migrants risk their lives in the English channel over staying in France?

Why do migrants risk their lives in the English channel over staying in France?
Nov 25, 2021 53 secs

What drives these desperate people to try and get to Britain from France, despite it and other EU nations providing a safe place to claim asylum.

Less than 3 per cent of refugees in Europe come to the UK with most claiming asylum in safe countries there.

Britain’s benefit system is blamed for attracting migrants but the weekly allowance of £39.63 is less generous than in France, where asylum seekers get £43.50 per week and can start applying for work after six months.

Since November’s £28 million deal, the French have stopped more than 18,000 attempted crossings but most still pass undetected under cover of night.

Despite making more than 10,000 arrests between from August last year until August 2021 and spending €217 million to stop the crossings, according to French Senate figures, the authorities have been largely unsuccessful in stopping the migrants.

Asylum claims in the UK have remained stable.

More than 416,600 new asylum claims were lodged in European Union member states last year, including 102,500 in Germany, 81,800 in France, 37,900 in Greece and 21,200 in Italy, according to Eurostat.

Rather than an EU wide migration deal, the UK has to strike bilateral agreements with countries such as France and there is no deal on returning migrants with Paris.

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