And in 2024 the total reached 1,000 on January 28. This time last year 621 people had arrived in the UK after making the ...

Men and women wearing blankets and life jackets were brought ashore on Monday from a Border Force boat in Dover, Kent.

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A migrant has died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the UK, the Government has said. More than 30 people were rescued after a boat got into difficulty in the Channel overnight ...

The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in ...

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.

The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in ...

The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in ...

ITV News' Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana reports on the scale of the challenge the government faces to deal with illegal immigration The number of migrants arriving in the UK by small ...