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English Channel migrant small boat crossings reach 200,000 since 2018
Official figures show the total has doubled in three years as governments struggle to curb smuggling gangs and asylum claims.
- On Friday, 70 migrants crossed the English Channel aboard a single boat, bringing total small-boat arrivals to 200,013 since 2018; the Home Office confirmed the milestone on Saturday.
- Successive governments have pledged to "stop the boats," yet arrivals have more than doubled over the last three years, with migrants primarily from Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, and Albania.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a £662 million three-year deal with Paris last month to boost beach patrols, while nearly 95% of arrivals claimed asylum in the UK.
- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp described the immigration system as "totally broken," while fewer than 8,000 arrivals have been returned from the UK since 2018.
- Smugglers have begun utilizing Belgium for crossings, increasingly relying on overcrowded vessels as authorities recorded at least eight deaths attempting the crossing this year.
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