English Channel, Christmas

Migrants crossing Channel continues through Christmas as 1,163 arrive in just one week
Migrants have continued to cross the English Channel throughout the Christmas period amid calm seas and foggy visibility.
More than 400 migrants cross Channel on Boxing Day
More than 400 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Boxing Day. A total of 407 people on 11 boats made the journey to the UK from France on Thursday. On Christmas Day there were 451 arrivals, according to official government figures.
More than 450 Channel migrants reached UK on Christmas Day
More than 450 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Christmas Day, Home Office figures have shown.
More than 150,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in small boats since 2018
On Christmas Day, more than 450 migrants arrived in the UK on 11 small boats, and a further 400 people made the journey on Boxing Day.
UK channel migrant crossings hit 150,000 since 2018
More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the last seven years. Since the current records began on January 1, 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according to PA news agency analysis of government figures on Friday.
Channel crossings: Number of migrants arriving in UK since 2018 hits 150,000
The Prime Minister has put international co-operation with law enforcement agencies in Europe at the heart of his bid to cut the number of arrivals.
More than 150,000 migrants have crossed Channel to UK in last seven years
More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since 2018. Some 407 migrants were detected crossing the Channel on Boxing Day, according to provisional Home Office data. It came after more than 450 people crossed the Channel in 11 boats on Christmas Day.
Small boat Channel crossings continue after migrant total reaches 150,000
Small boat crossings continued in the English Channel on Saturday (28 December) despite the morning’s foggy conditions.Source: PA
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