6 h. ago People smuggling gangs 'taking advantage' as migrant Channel crossings pass 10,000 in record time

New tactics to distrupt people smuggling gangs will come into force over the next few months

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7 h. ago Number of migrants crossing Channel passes 10,000 in record time

Last year the figure of 10,000 was not reached until May 24, while in 2023 it was June 17.

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20 h. ago Number of Channel migrant crossings this year exceeds 10,000

More than 200 people made the journey, with one boat seen arriving in Dover carrying around 50 migrants.

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22 h. ago Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

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26 h. ago Channel crossings by migrants near 10,000 as warm spell begins

Some 9,885 people had been logged as making the journey from France as of Sunday, according to provisional Home Office figures for 2025

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1 week ago Migrant dies after medical emergency on small boat in English Channel

The death comes after more than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago More migrants arrive in UK after record English Channel crossings

Pictures showed people wearing life jackets coming ashore from a Border Force vessel in Dover on Monday.

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2 w. ago Record migrant crossings for 2025 as over 8,000 make small boats English Channel journey so far

A new record has been set with 8,064 migrants coming to the UK in small boats in the first four months of 2025

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2 w. ago Record number of migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel in first four months of year

There have been 8,064 arrivals so far in 2025

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2 w. ago Record number of migrants cross English Channel in first four months of year

There have been 8,064 arrivals so far in 2025, including 656 on Saturday, according to provisional Home Office figures.

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2 w. ago French authorities are 'giving small boat migrants lifejackets to cross the English Channel' and crisis is getting WORSE under Labour, fisherman claims

Fisherman Matt Coker, owner of Coker Seafishing in Dover, Kent,, claims groups of asylum seekers are being escorted by the French authorities instead of being intercepted and stopped.

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3 w. ago Migrants brought ashore in lifeboat as number of Channel crossings rises 25% in a year

People wearing life jackets were pictured disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday

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3 w. ago Migrants brought ashore in lifeboat as number who have made Channel crossing this year set to surpass 7,000

People wearing life jackets were pictured disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday

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3 w. ago Dozens of small boat migrants brought ashore after being found crossing the English Channel

So far this year 6,796 people have arrived in 123 boats - with increasing numbers of passengers being crammed onto fewer boats.

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3 w. ago Figures show more than 30,000 migrants crossed Channel since Starmer became PM

A total of 154 people made the crossing in four boats on Friday, according to the Home Office.

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4 w. ago UK's Starmer blames a lack of joint action as he struggles to stop migrants crossing the Channel

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a lack of coordination between U.K. police and intelligence agencies is partly responsible for a surge in the number of migrants reaching the U.K. in small boats across the English Channel

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