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More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK

More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK in 2024 - up 25% on 2023

A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2024, provisional government figures show. The figure is up 25% on 2023 when 29,437 people arrived in small boats.

Boise State Public Radio · 5d

At least 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel

This latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous migration route.

Anadolu Ajansi · 3d

Number of migrants arriving in UK via English Channel soars by 25% in 2024

The number of migrants arriving in the UK via the English Channel increased by 25% in 2024 compared to the previous year, the Home Office announced on Wednesday. A total of 36,816 people made the perilous journey by small boats in 2024, up from 29,437 in 2023, according to the data.

The Independent on MSN · 3d

Migrants crossing English Channel to UK surged by 25% in 2024, new figures show

Migrants crossing English Channel to UK surged by 25% in 2024, new figures show - 2024 saw the second highest number of arrivals in a year since data on Channel crossings began in 2018

BBC · 3d

Channel migrant arrivals in 2024 totalled 36,816

Home Office figures released on New Year's Day show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats throughout 2024, an increase on the previous year, but not as many as in 2022. The last group,

GB News on MSN2h

First migrants of 2025 cross Channel as Border Force vessel intercepts small boat and brings it back to Britain

The first boatload of illegal migrants of 2025 has crossed the English Channel, GB News can exclusively reveal. A Border ...

Santa Rosa Press Democrat1d

3 die off northern France coast in a Channel crossing attempt

At least three migrants have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from northern France, authorities ...

Labour issued grim new warning over migrants heading across English Channel to UK

Migrant smuggling gangs are launching more overcrowded boats than ever before as police attempt to destroy their supply ...

How migrants are smuggled from the Afghan desert to Britain – and crossing the Channel is the easiest part

He is the first link in a smuggling network The Telegraph infiltrated, which stretches from a desert on the Iran-Afghanistan ...

CBS News9d

More than 100 migrants rescued trying to cross English Channel on Christmas, officials say

French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France to England on Wednesday. Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged ...

5don MSN

Nearly 300 migrants crossed the English Channel yesterday - 3 died attempting the journey

Some 1,776 migrants have crossed the Channel since Christmas Day, heaping fresh pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to end the ...

Iowa Public Radio5d

At least 3 migrants die trying to cross English Channel

At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from Northern France ...

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