More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel this year

By Flora Thompson
Published 28th Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Updated 28th Aug 2022, 12:03 BST
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Migrants risk their lives daily crossing the English Channel in overloaded and often unseaworthy boardMigrants risk their lives daily crossing the English Channel in overloaded and often unseaworthy board
Migrants risk their lives daily crossing the English Channel in overloaded and often unseaworthy board
More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK so far this year, Government figures show.

Some 915 were detected on Saturday in 19 small boats, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, taking the provisional total for the year to 25,146.

There have been 8,747 crossings detected in August so far, with 3,733 in the past week, analysis shows.

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