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The number of people crossing the Channel in small boats is the highest for the first half of a calendar year since data was first collected in 2018 - a rise of almost 50% on the first six months of 2024.
news.sky.comLatest news, comment and analysis on the issue of refugees and migrants attempting to enter the UK illegally by crossing the English Channel.
www.newsnow.co.ukToday's arrivals take the number of migrants who have made the illegal journey so far this year to around 14,700
www.gbnews.comMigrants making the perilous 21-mile journey reached British shores yesterday following an eight-day zero crossing period
www.gbnews.comWatch live as migrants board small boats in France to cross the English Channel on Wednesday (4 September).
www.independent.co.ukIt follows over 350 illegal migrants that crossed the Channel yesterday
www.gbnews.comLatest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard.
www.standard.co.ukThe Home Office said in provisional statistics that 514 migrants and 10 small boats were detected crossing on 20 March.
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