22 h. ago Migrants arrive in UK for first time this year after Channel crossing

Pictures show people disembarking a Border Force boat in Dover on Monday, becoming the first to arrive in 2026 amid a cold spell of weather.

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38 h. ago Phones to be seized from illegal migrants who arrive in the UK amid crackdown on traffickers

The new powers come as part of government efforts to tackle small-boat Channel crossings and people-smuggling gangs.

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4 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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5 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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5 d. ago Second highest number of Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year.

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5 d. ago Small boat death victims including girl, 8, named as dozens die crossing Channel in 2025

At least 36 people died making the perilous journey from France to the UK in 2025, charities estimate, with an eight-year-old girl among the victims - amid calls to record all small boat deaths

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9 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 How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Busy night of small boat journeys amid record day for arrivals

More than 41,000 people have now made the dangerous small boats journey this year, after a record day of activity for a December on Saturday

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2 w. ago First asylum seekers due at Sussex barracks in weeks as council joins legal action against Home Office

Crowborough military base is understood to be being prepared for 540 male migrants to arrive in the New Year as part of the Government's bid to reduce the use of asylum hotels

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2 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Busy night of small boat journeys after record day for arrivals

More than 41,000 people have now made the dangerous small boats journey this year, after a record day of activity for a December on Saturday

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2 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Groups arrive in UK after busy night of small boat journeys

More than 41,000 people have now made the dangerous small boats journey this year, after a record day of activity for a December on Saturday

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2 w. ago Don't call immigration a threat, says new equalities watchdog

Mary-Ann Stephenson hit out at the 'demonisation of migrants' and people 'creating this idea' that the level of arrivals was a problem.

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2 w. ago Labour's 'stop the boats' promise in tatters as more than 41,000 migrants have arrived in Britain on small boats in 2025

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

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2 w. ago Groups arrive in Dover after busy night of small boat Channel crossings

People could be seen leaving northern France on Friday night and into Saturday on small boats.

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2 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Dozens more make small boat journey as 2025 total passes 40k

There were 74 arrivals in one boat recorded by the Home Office on Tuesday

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2 w. ago Brexit added 'new dimension' to small boat crossings, MPs told

Meghan Benton, director for Global Programs at the Migration Policy Institute, told MPs that Brexit created a 'new dimension' in tackling illegal migration to the UK

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3 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Total for 2025 passes 40k as small boat crossings resume

There is understood to be a backlog of migrants in France waiting to make the perilous journey after 28 days without Channel crossings

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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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3 w. ago Here they come again! Small boat migrants set out for UK once more after 28

Footage taken in the middle of the night shows a packed boat full of over 100 migrants leaving France, and some swimming to make the leaving vessel.

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