What happens to migrants found crossing the English Channel?
manchestereveningnews.co.uk39 people from Vietnam found dead in a refrigerated lorry last October.Families try to enter the UK without a visa from poor and war-torn parts of the world such as from Yemen and Iraq, in the hope that they can make a better life in the UK rather than in their homelands.Many claim asylum - where you can only apply once you have left your country and are unable to go back over fear of persecution.When picked up at the Channel, UK Border Force would usually take them to detention centres before they are returned to Europe.However if someone claims asylum, they may be placed in accommodation in the UK paid for by the Home Office, until their application is considered - which can take up to six months for a decision to be made.Migrants can get.
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