3 d. ago ‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats last year, figures branded “shameful” by the Home Office have revealed.The government said 41,472 people arrived in the UK by crossing the Channel in 2025 – the second highest number on record after 45,774 made the journey in 2022. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Channel crossings soared last year as more than 40,000 migrants arrived by small boat

The total number for 2025 was 13% higher than the year before. Nearly 65,000 migrants have now arrived in the country by small boat since Labour came to power in 2024

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3 d. ago Second highest number of small boat migrants arrived in UK last year: More than 41,000 crossed Channel in 2025

Keir Starmer is also less than 1,000 migrants away from an unwanted record - having the most people cross the Channel in his premiership after less than two years.

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7 d. ago Britain's 40,000 small boat migrant arrivals are nothing, United Nations official suggests

Filippo Grandi, the outgoing head of the UN refugee agency, said the UK's 41,000 arrivals this year represented a small number compared to what other countries faced.

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2 w. ago More than 41,000 people have now crossed Channel in small boats this year

Some 803 people made the dangerous journey in 13 dinghies from northern France, starting overnight on Friday and into Saturday.

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3 w. ago More than 700 migrants cross English Channel to push yearly total over 40,000 and end 28

Home Office figures showed 737 people made the journey to Britain via small boats on 13 December across 11 vessels - an average of 67 people per vessel.

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3 w. ago Horror moment illegal migrant tries to snatch teen girl off street as sicko is jailed

According to sources, the migrant had arrived into the UK on a small boat back in September 2023, before attempting to abduct the defenceless teen in shocking footage

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3 w. ago Small boat crossings resume after longest pause in migrants arriving for seven years

Before this weekend, no-one had crossed the Channel for 28 days, according to the latest Home Office data

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