British authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested two people in Manchester, England, on suspicion of arranging the illegal movement of migrants across the English Channel into the U.K. The arrests were made hours after U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid questioned whether migrants trying to reach England in small boats from France were genuine asylum-seekers. According to Javid, about 230 migrants tried to cross the English Channel in December alone. On the final day of 2018, police picked up a group of 12 migrants on a beach in southwestern England. "The increase in attempted crossings of the Channel to the UK from France since autumn is a real concern," U.N.

Source: Fox News January 03, 2019 00:20 UTC