More migrants have crossed channel in small boats so far this year than in whole of 2023

More migrants have crossed the English channel in small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023, Home Office figures show.

It comes after 424 people crossed the channel on Friday, taking the 2024 total up to now to 29,578.

In 2023, a total of 29,437 migrants made the perilous journey from France to the UK.

By comparison, in 2022, 45,791 people crossed the waters.

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