Migrant Channel crossings since Labour election victory top 1,000
5 months, 1 week ago

Migrant Channel crossings since Labour election victory top 1,000

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel since Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, as the Government warned of a “difficult summer ahead”. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that Channel crossings were at a record high in the first half of the year and indicated a “difficult summer ahead”, according to Downing Street. It comes after the Prime Minister last week warned the number of crossings “can’t be changed overnight” and acknowledged the situation may get worse before it gets better.

History of this topic

Yvette Cooper refuses to set target for cutting Channel crossings saying the issue is too 'complex' after another 900 migrants arrived in two days
1 week, 1 day ago
UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings
1 week, 6 days ago
Tories used Brexit as a ‘one-nation open borders experiment’, claims Starmer after record immigration figures
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Women and children among latest arrivals on small boats crossing Channel
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Number of small boat migrants crossing Channel this year passes 2023 total
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Nearly 500 migrants cross English Channel in one day as nine boats make it to UK with numbers up on this time last year
2 months, 1 week ago
Britain's small boat crisis! More than 13,0000 migrants have crossed the English Channel during Labour's first 100 days in power
2 months, 1 week ago
Britain has most illegal migrants in Europe, study finds
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Nearly 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in small boats on the busiest day in two years as four people die trying to make the journey
2 months, 2 weeks ago
More migrants arrive in UK on small boats - bringing total since Labour took office to over 11,000
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Channel migrants will be housed in hotels at the taxpayers' expense 'for three more years'
2 months, 3 weeks ago
More than 24,000 migrants have now crossed the Channel this year after another 700 were intercepted - as Tory leader favourite Robert Jenrick claims dozens of terror suspects have 'waltzed in' on smal
3 months ago
12 migrants perish crossing Channel
3 months, 2 weeks ago
12 migrants perish crossing Channel
3 months, 2 weeks ago
At least 12 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel, says French interior minister
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Labour is accused of 'undoing Tories work' on tackling Channel crisis - as 25,300 small boat migrants granted asylum in just one year
4 months ago
Almost 500 migrants cross the English Channel in a single day
4 months ago
Channel migrant crossings at highest since Starmer came to power
4 months ago
Five thousand migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, new figures show
4 months, 1 week ago
Labour to allow 100,000 migrants to apply for asylum
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Record number of migrants cross Channel in first six months of year
5 months, 4 weeks ago
More than 1,200 migrants have crossed the English Channel in 20 boats in the past week - as total on Rishi Sunak's watch nears 50,000 milestone
6 months ago
Around 80 migrants rescued in English Channel after making risky crossing from France in small boat
6 months, 2 weeks ago
People smugglers 'take advantage' of D-Day anniversary: 80 migrants including a baby are rescued from capsized dinghy in the Channel as perilous crossings are launched while world leaders attend histo
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Home Office confirms more than 40,000 crossed Channel after Sunak pledged to ‘stop the boats’
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Nearly 300 migrants have already been intercepted crossing the English Channel in first five days of this month - and more than 80,000 since Government first struck Rwanda deal
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Migrants accuse French police of forcing them into Channel crossings as numbers hit new record
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Record number of migrants cross Channel as arrivals surge by 30pc
7 months, 3 weeks ago
How many migrants have died trying to cross English Channel after five lives are lost in one day
7 months, 4 weeks ago
English Channel deaths underscore risks for migrants despite U.K. efforts
8 months ago
Small boat channel crossings top 5,000 in record start to 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Almost 5,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in 2024
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Girl, 7, drowns as migrants attempt to cross Channel to UK
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Record number of Channel migrants reach UK on single day in February
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Migrant crossings of English Channel declined by more than a third in 2023, UK government says
11 months, 3 weeks ago
More than 230 people arrive in UK in latest small boats Channel crossing
1 year, 3 months ago
Channel migrant crossings hit new daily record for 2023
1 year, 3 months ago
At least six dead, dozens rescued as migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes
1 year, 4 months ago
At least six dead, dozens rescued as migrant boat capsizes crossing Channel from France to England
1 year, 4 months ago
Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers
1 year, 4 months ago
Channel migrant arrivals hit 100,000 since 2018
1 year, 4 months ago
More than 600 migrants cross Channel in 2023 record - days after Rishi Sunak claimed plan was ‘working’
1 year, 6 months ago
Total number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats passes 2,000
1 year, 10 months ago
Channel migrants surpass 40,000 this year ahead of deal with France to curb crossings
2 years, 1 month ago
Number of migrants crossing the Channel this year edges closer to 33,000
2 years, 2 months ago
August migrant crossings were highest monthly total on record
2 years, 3 months ago
English Channel migrant crossings hit new single-day record: UK
2 years, 4 months ago
Another 200 migrants arrive in UK after being caught trying to cross
2 years, 4 months ago
'Hundreds' more migrants picked up in Channel and brought ashore
2 years, 4 months ago

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