More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK

Number of migrants arriving in UK after crossing Channel up 25% in 2024
The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.
More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK in 2024 - up 25% on 2023
A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2024, provisional government figures show. The figure is up 25% on 2023 when 29,437 people arrived in small boats.
At least 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel
This latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous migration route.
Small boat Channel crossings continue after migrant total reaches 150,000
More than 1,100 people have crossed the Channel in small boats over the Christmas period. Small boat crossings have continued in the English Channel on Saturday despite the morning’s foggy conditions.
150,000 migrants have crossed the English channel in just seven years, records show
Since current records began on January 1 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according to PA news agency analysis of Government figures.
Over a hundred migrants in distress rescued trying to cross English Channel
Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble.
Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 soar by 25 percent
The number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain on small boats soared in 2024, data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stem the dangerous Channel crossings. Immigration,
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3 die off northern France coast in a Channel crossing attempt
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The latest Home Office figures show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2024 - a huge jump from 2023.
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French authorities confirm the deaths of at least three migrants in the English Channel
At least three people have died attempting to cross the Channel in small boats, French authorities have confirmed.
Hundreds of people crossed Channel in small boats on Christmas Day - as latest figure released
More than 450 people crossed the English Channel in 11 small boats on Christmas Day, according to official Home Office ...
Royal Navy: Russian warships shadowed by HMS Somerset in English Channel after Christmas Day recall
Nearly 200 Royal Navy sailors were recalled to their ship on Christmas Day to deploy to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel.