Home Office figures released on New Year's Day show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats throughout 2024, ...

Sir Keir Starmer oversaw almost a third more migrants crossing the Channel in small boats last year, new Home Office ...

More than 150,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in the last seven years, according to analysis by the PA news agency.

Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024, a jump of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to provisional ...

Almost a third more migrants crossed the Channel in small boats from July 5 to the end of last year than in the same period ...

The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the previous year, the UK government data showed yesterday.

Sajid Javid declared Channel crossings a ‘major incident ... August 9: A 31-year-old Iranian woman, Mitra Mehrad, becomes the first migrant known to have drowned while attempting the crossing ...

This is how events have unfolded since the start of the Channel migrant crisis: – 2018 December 28: Home Secretary Sajid Javid breaks off his holiday and declares a “major incident” in the Channel ...

At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities have confirmed. A ...

At least two people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French media have reported. French authorities ...