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Added on the 20/07/2021 12:04:49 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Dozens of people disembark from a UK Border Force patrol vessel in the port of Dover on November 30 2022. The British government says 426 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats that day. More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain so far this year according to the UK government, whilst Britain and France have just signed a new deal in November - increasing what the French border controls are paid in order to prevent these crossings. IMAGES
Migrants attempting the treacherous Channel crossing arrive at the southeastern English coast in a small boat, before being taken into the custody of the British border force in Dover. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats from France to southeast England since Britain began publicly recording the arrivals in 2018, official figures revealed on August 11. IMAGES
Dozens of migrants attempt to reach the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Some then swim back to the Mexican side of the river after being warned away by Texas authorities. IMAGES
The city of Phoenix breaks a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher according to weather officials. IMAGES
Migrants in Mexico's Matamoros cross the Rio Grande in an attempt to enter the United States a day before the end of so-called Title 42, a set of pandemic-era restrictions that have forbidden virtually all asylum claims there in the last years. IMAGES
Men, women and children walk on the US side of the US-Mexico border after crossing the Rio Grande river that divides the two countries, before surrendering and being processed by US Customs and Border Protection agents. The US is readying its response to an expected surge of migrants seeking to enter as tens of thousands of people are waiting at crossing points for the end of pandemic-era rules that had forbidden virtually all asylum claims at the border. The so-called Title 42 expires overnight Thursday into Friday. IMAGES