36 h. 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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41 h. 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 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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8 d. ago The lone teenage boys seeking asylum in Britain: Where thousands of migrant children end up

There are more than 6,500 child asylum seekers living in the UK in 2025, raising questions over where they end up after arriving on small boats without a parent or guardian.

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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago More than 800 migrants cross Channel in single day as yearly total hits record high

Backlog of crossings after four weeks of bad weather sees 13 boats arrive in Kent as annual figure surpasses 41,000

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1 week 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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1 week 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 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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2 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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2 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 I saw footage of teen girl’s rape at hands of migrant monsters as passersby did nothing her brave act helped snare them

AS the terrified girl’s sobs and pleas for help filled the courtroom, a female dock officer appeared close to tears. Judge Sylvia de Bertodano halted proceedings, telling prosecutor Shawn Williams she had seen enough. I’ve covered dozens of high-profile trials and sentencing hearings during my 28-year career as a journalist. I recall a veteran BBC...

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3 w. ago Full footage captured of Afghan asylum seeker attackers by schoolgirl rape victim 'would start a riot' if the public saw it, lawyers admit

Afghans Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, had arrived only months earlier in small boats before assaulting the 15-year-old in a park on May 10.

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3 w. ago Footage captured of Afghan asylum seeker attackers by schoolgirl rape victim 'would start a riot' if the public saw it, lawyers admit

Afghans Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, both 17, had arrived only months earlier in small boats before assaulting the 15-year-old in a park on May 10.

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3 w. ago Teen migrants raped girl, 15, in UK park months after arriving on small boats

Two Afghan asylum seekers, Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal, have been sentenced at Warwick Crown Court today after pleading guilty to raping a teenage girl in a UK park

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage hits out at BBC over small boat migrants in Question Time audience

Two men granted refugee status after arriving on small boats were in the Question Time audience for an immigration special edition of the show.

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