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As US border crossings fall, UK small boats hit record highs

6 March 2025

3:56 AM

6 March 2025

3:56 AM

Small boat crossings since the start of the year are at a record level. Yesterday 326 migrants arrived, bringing this year’s total to 3,224. Last year 2,983 migrants crossed the Channel over the same period. The number who have made the journey since Keir Starmer became Prime Minister, having promised to ‘stop the small boat crossings’, is 24,666.

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