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More than 150,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the last seven years. Since current records began on January 1 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according ...
– How many people are making the crossing per boat? The average has been on an upwards trend since the start of 2021. In 2018 there were fewer than 10 people per boat while in 2019 and 2020 the ...
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 ...
The foreign-born population increased from about 5.3 million in 2004 to nearly 9.3 million in 2018. In the decade leading up to 2018, the number of non-EU migrants outnumbered EU migrants while the number of EU migrants increased more rapidly. EU citizens were noted to be less likely to become British citizens than non-EU migrants. [1]
On 3 September, the bottom of a boat overcrowded with migrants ripped open, resulting in 12 deaths. [63] During the year to date, more than 21,000 people had crossed the channel. [64] At 00:00 on 15 September, rescue services were alerted to a rubber boat north of Boulogne-sur-mer that had got in a difficult situation. After hitting rocks it ...
Some 13,574 migrants arrived in the UK between the start of 2024 and the general election on July 5, according to analysis of Home Office data by the PA news agency.
Migration Watch UK, is a think-tank opposed to a large scale of immigration. [14] Migration Watch UK has criticised the Home Office figures for not including the UK-born dependent children of illegal migrants. They suggested in 2007 that the Home Office had underestimated the numbers of illegal migrants by between 15,000 and 85,000. [15]
Last year, 29,437 migrants arrived in the UK, down 36% on a record 45,774 arrivals in 2022. Since the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act became law after receiving royal assent on ...