The number of refugees and migrants attempting to cross the English Channel by boat has reached a record high in 2022, a charity providing aid to migrants has said. Nearly 6,700 successful crossings have been recorded from the beginning of the year until April 19, four times more than in 2021 at the same date. Over the first four months of this year, the French non-profit Utopia 56, which provides emergency aid to migrants at the French-English border, received at least 36 calls from people in distress at sea compared to 59 calls over the entire year 2021. “In most cases, after being rescued, …