The surge in Vietnamese immigrants arriving in the UK illegally has been blamed on a new visa agreement the southeast Asian country signed with Hungary that allows easier access into the EU’s Schengen zone.
Vietnamese migrants have become the largest nationality to cross the Channel this year, according to Home Office sources, although the department will not disclose the figures until next month.
Numbers have increased steadily after a dip in 2022 as transit routes through Russia were shut down due to President Putin’s war in Ukraine. An increasing number are arriving in the UK in small boats, with a total of 3,356 arriving since 2018.
The majority of Vietnamese immigrants arriving illegally in the UK are now women. This contrasts to the trend of
