
More migrants are caught trying to cross the Channel today after 451 made it across on Christmas Day
Daily MailPeople traffickers continued to try to smuggle migrants across the Channel today as it is revealed 451 made the journey on Christmas Day. This morning Border Force vessels intercepted more small boats trying to cross the English Channel and brought the occupants to Dover's immigration centre. BOXING DAY: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, on a Border Force vessel from a small boat CHRISTMAS DAY:A group of migrants are seen attempting to cross the Channel yesterday BOXING DAY: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, on a Border Force vessel Yesterday's figures take the total number of crossings in 2024 to 35,491, around 21 per cent higher than last year, but about 22 per cent down on 2022. BOXING DAY: This morning Border Force vessels intercepted more small boats trying to cross the English Channel CHRISTMAS DAY: BF Volunteer approaches a migrant craft in the Channel early this morning 'When you see these flimsy boats, the way that it's women and kids who get put in the middle of the boats, so when the boat folds, they are the people who get crushed, who end up drowning.'
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More migrants arrive in Dover as total passes 5,000 for the year - the earliest the total has been hit since modern records began
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Labour faces growing pressure to tackle small boats crisis as more than 1,100 migrants reach Britain in just four days
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More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in UK already in 2025 in new record as Keir Starmer struggles to get to grips with Channel crisis
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Migrants crossing English Channel to UK surged by 25% in 2024, new figures show
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Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 jump by 25 percent
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Three migrants die attempting English Channel crossing, 76 casualties this year
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At least three die attempting to cross Channel from France amid rescue operation
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3 die off northern France coast in a Channel crossing attempt
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At least three migrants now confirmed dead trying to cross the Channel to the UK as rescue operation launched off Sangatte beach fears more casualties
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People smugglers offer migrants ‘package deals’ to UK as Channel crossings top 150,000 since 2018
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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
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More than 150,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to the UK since 2018 after another 407 arrived on Boxing Day
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Timeline of the Channel migrant crisis
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The people-traffickers don't even take Christmas Day off! Dozens of migrants are caught trying to cross the Channel in inflatable boats
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Women and children among latest arrivals on small boats crossing Channel
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More than 3,000 migrants arrived in Britain in busiest fortnight of Channel crossings this year, new figures reveal
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Keir Starmer to crack down on migrant smugglers by signing deals with three Balkan countries in HOURS
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Nearly 180 migrants cross the Channel on the same day Keir Starmer outlines his plan to tackle people smugglers
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Migrants scramble to board smuggler’s dinghy and cross the Channel despite one dying in doomed bid to reach Britain the same day
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Number of small boat migrants crossing Channel this year passes 2023 total
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Nearly 500 migrants cross English Channel in one day as nine boats make it to UK with numbers up on this time last year
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Britain's small boat crisis! More than 13,0000 migrants have crossed the English Channel during Labour's first 100 days in power
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French police blunders mean HALF of the biggest people smuggling gang to send migrants across the Channel will likely escape justice - as nearly 1,000 illegal asylum seekers crossed in small boats in
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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
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Attempts to cross the English Channel on small boats leave 4 migrants, including a child, dead
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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
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Border Security Commander warns Keir Starmer that his plan to 'smash the gangs' will not be enough on its own to halt migrants crossing the Channel
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Channel crossings since Labour came to power top 10,000
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A near daily record of 801 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday in just 14 small boats - as tragedy earlier today claims lives of eight others
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12 migrants perish crossing Channel
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12 migrants perish crossing Channel
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12 migrants perish crossing Channel
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Crossings continue day after 12 migrants die in Channel tragedy
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Migrant boat seen trying to make crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died
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Watch: Migrants board small boats in France to cross English Channel after deadly tragedy
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At least 12 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel, says French interior minister
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A boat with dozens of migrants rips apart in the English Channel off France, killing 12
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Boat carrying 60 migrants ‘seconds from sinking’ in Channel crossing
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More than 20,000 migrants arrive in UK crossing Channel this year, figures show
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Number of small boat arrivals passes 6,000 since Labour came to power as over 500 migrants cross the Channel in one day
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Smugglers cram three times as many people on Channel migrant boats
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Almost 500 migrants cross the English Channel in a single day
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492 migrants came to UK in small boats on Saturday, Home Office says
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Channel migrant crossings at highest since Starmer came to power
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Five thousand migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats since Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, new figures show
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Two migrants dead after small boat carrying more than 50 people got into difficulty in the English Channel
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Over 100 migrants arrive in the UK on little boats after a spell of good weather bringing the total number of arrivals for the year to a record 17,284
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Migrant Channel crossings since Labour election victory top 1,000
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80 migrants rescued in English Channel after boat capsizes
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