Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 soar by 25 percent
The number of irregular migrants arriving in Britain on small boats soared in 2024, data showed Wednesday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stem the dangerous Channel crossings ... Farage's hard-right Reform UK party.
UK channel crossings surge by 25% in 2024
According to an interior ministry report, people from Vietnam, Iran and Syria fueled the surge in numbers, with Afghanistan accounting for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months of last year.
More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK in 2024 - up 25% on 2023
A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2024, provisional government figures show. The figure is up 25% on 2023 when 29,437 people arrived in small boats.
English Channel migrant crossings surge by 25% in 2024 - hitting a staggering 36,816
Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024, a jump of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to provisional figures from the Home Office.
Channel migrant crossings surge by nearly a third under Starmer
Almost a third more migrants crossed the Channel in small boats from July 5 to the end of last year than in the same period in 2023, Home Office statistics have revealed...
Migrants reaching UK after crossing Channel in small boats up 25% in 2024
The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show.Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024,
Migrants Crossing Channel To UK In 2024 Soar To Almost 37,000: Data
The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the previous year, government data showed Wednesday.
Migrants crossing English Channel to UK surged by 25% in 2024, new figures show
Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024, a jump of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. The total is down 20% on the record 45,774 arrivals in 2022,
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Home Office unveils new 'smash the gangs' measures as migrant Channel crossings up 25%
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Reveal how many migrants die crossing Channel, charity urges ministers
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Labour issued grim new warning over migrants heading across English Channel to UK
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Number of migrants using Channel to UK rose by 25pc in 2024
The 2024 total, however, was still well below the record 45,774 undocumented migrants who arrived on the UK’s shores in flimsy inflatable boats in 2022. At least 76 deaths were recorded in about 20 ...
Migrants Crossing Channel To UK In 2024 Jump By 25 Percent
The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the previous year, government data showed Wednesday.