
People smugglers take advantage of the fog to slip more migrants across Channel two days after total topped 150,000 since records began in 2018
Daily MailPeople smugglers appear to have taken advantage of the UK's dreary weather with small boat crossings across the English Channel continuing today despite foggy conditions. Official Government figures show 305 people arrived in the UK via small boat yesterday, bringing the total for the week to 1,163. The 407 arrivals on December 26 meant more than 150,000 people had made the crossing from France since records began on January 1, 2018, prompting a political blame game over responsibility for the numbers. A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI Dungeness Lifeboat today Small boat crossings have continued in the English Channel today despite the morning's foggy conditions Official Government figures show 305 people arrived in the UK via small boat on Friday, bringing the total for the week to 1,163 Your browser does not support iframes.
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Timeline of the Channel migrant crisis
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12 migrants perish crossing Channel
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