27 h. ago 50,000 migrants have crossed Channel on small boats since Labour took power

There have been 27,029 arrivals so far this year, which is 47% higher than at the same point of 2024.

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27 h. ago Over 50,000 small boat migrants cross Channel under Labour as Starmer fails to get a grip on crisis

Labour minister admits the number of small boat crossings under Starmer is ‘unacceptable’

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27 h. ago More than 50,000 migrants have crossed Channel since Keir Starmer became PM: Asylum seeker reaches Britain's shores every 11 minutes... but minister still insists it's 'not our fault'

The milestone underscores the failure of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer 's 'smash the gangs' strategy - with one migrant crossing every 11 minutes.

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29 h. ago Kemi Badenoch proposes housing migrants in ‘camps’ as crossings near 50,000 under Labour

Kemi Badenoch has suggested placing asylum seekers currently housed in hotels into “camps”, as new Home Office figures reveal that almost 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Sir Keir Starmer took office.

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31 h. ago Migrant channel crossings will hit a record 50,000 since Labour took office...but 'it's not our fault' says minister

The milestone underscores the failure of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer 's 'smash the gangs' strategy - with one migrant crossing every 11 minutes.

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32 h. ago Record 50,000 migrant Channel crossings since Labour came to power 'unacceptable', admits minister

Baroness Jacqui Smith, a former home secretary, said the record numbers of people making the dangerous journey showed how embedded criminal gangs had got under the previous Conservative government

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5 d. ago So much for a deterrent! Hundreds more Channel crossings pushes total migrant arrivals since Labour's 'one in one out' deal with France past 400

More than 400 small boat migrants have arrived in the first two days of Labour's returns deal, dashing claims it would be a 'new deterrent'.

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6 d. ago Moment former Tory justice minister Chris Philp finds huge boat of illegal migrants crossing the Channel

Former Tory justice minister Chris Philp poked holes at Labour's new migrant returns deal after witnessing two 'massively packed' small boats entering UK waters on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago First Channel crossing migrants arrive in UK as returns deal comes into force

Pictures taken on Wednesday afternoon show a UK Border Force boat ferrying migrants including children into the Port of Dover.

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8 d. ago Voices: ‘One in, one out’ is a realistic plan to deal with migration – let’s give it a chance

Home secretary Yvette Cooper’s plan to tackle irregular migrants crossing the Channel is only a pilot programme to test the mechanics of a much larger scheme that could, one day, return all small-boat arrivals – and silence Nigel Farage for good, says John Rentoul

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9 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Starmer is signing his political death warrant with his futile 'smash the gangs' policy. Deterrence is the only solution

Why are Sir Keir Starmer and Labour unable to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats?

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1 week ago Criminal gangs in Britain who advertise migrant Channel crossings online could face five years in jail in small boats crackdown

Criminal gangs who advertise small boat crossings across the English Channel or fake passports online could spend up to five years behind bars under new legislation. 

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3 w. ago Grinning small boat migrant chronicles his journey across the Channel to the UK

A small boat migrant posting to a TikTok account of a man, believed to be from Iraq and called Youssef Hassan, has been documenting his 'best life' in Britain since arriving on UK shores.

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3 w. ago Moment French coastguard hand out lifejackets to migrants on small boat as they prepare to cross the Channel for Britain

The coastguard made zero effort to stop the inflatable boat packed with mainly young men before it motored off from the coast near Calais this morning.

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last month People smugglers offering 'summer deals' post clips on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to lure migrants into crossing Channel as July is set to be the busiest month ever for arrivals

Adverts are still being shared on platforms including TikTok , Facebook and Instagram despite social media giants promising to clamp down on the content.

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