17 h. 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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20 h. 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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37 h. 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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41 h. ago Record number of migrants arrived in the UK in the first four months of 2025 in huge embarrassment for 'smash the gangs' Keir Starmer

Despite Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer 's promise to 'smash the gangs' crossing from France on small boats, there have already been 8,064 arrivals so far this year.

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44 h. 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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4 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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9 d. ago London hotels threaten to evict asylum seekers over unpaid Home Office contract

The threat comes as the number of migrants arriving on small boats over the last three months reached record levels

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3 w. ago Channel migrant arrivals hits another record: 5,847 asylum seekers landed in UK in first three months of 2025

A total of 5,847 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far in 2025, including 335 yesterday, according to provisional Home Office figures.

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3 w. ago Record number of migrants cross English Channel in first three months of year

Some 5,847 arrivals had been recorded as of March 23, compared with 5,435 arrivals across January, February and March in 2024.

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3 w. ago Four small boats holding 241 migrants have been rescued after crossing the Channel yesterday

More migrants have been brought ashore at Dover after crossing the English Channel in small boats.

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3 w. ago 2 migrants have died in as many days in attempted sea crossings from France to the UK

French maritime authorities say they’ve recovered the bodies of two migrants who died over the past two days in attempts to cross the waters of the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom

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3 w. ago Second migrant in two days dies trying to cross English Channel

A total of four deaths have been recorded by the French coastguard in its rescue operations in the Channel this year.

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3 w. ago One person dead and 15 rescued crossing Channel in overloaded boat

One person has died and 15 people have been rescued while trying to cross the English Channel overnight in an overloaded small boat.

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3 w. ago Migrant dies in the English Channel in first attempted crossing in over a week

The tragedy marks the first recorded migrant crossing attempt in over a week

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3 w. ago Migrant drowns in the Channel while trying to reach Britain as return of warm weather sees first small boat crossings in eight days

A migrant has died this morning while trying to cross the English Channel. 

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