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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Pictures showed a Border Force boat arriving through the mist in Dover before passengers were met by officials at the port.

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.

So far this year, 35,898 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel, provisional Home Office figures show. That is up 22 per cent on this time last year, but down 22 per cent on 2022.

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 ...