UK small-boat arrivals reached 41,472 in 2025, the second highest annual total after 2022. Arrivals rose 13 per cent on 2024 and 41 per cent on 2023, though crossings slowed markedly in the final two ...

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The Home Office confirmed on Thursday that no migrants made the journey on New Year’s Eve, continuing a run of no crossings over the festive period. It means the overall number of arrivals last year ...

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK in 2025 after crossing the English Channel – the second highest annual figure on record. The Home Office confirmed on Thursday that no migrants made the ...

People thought to be migrants scramble onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France (PA) A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK in 2025 after crossing the English Channel – the ...

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year. People thought to be migrants scramble onboard a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, in an attempt to reach the UK by crossing ...