Shabana Mahmood has hit out at the “utterly unacceptable” number of migrants arriving in the UK in small boats after the number of Channel crossings this year passed 30,000 in record time. The newly ...

More than 36,000 people have made the journey so far this year, around a third higher than at the same point in 2024.

A record 125 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on a single vessel on Saturday, marking the highest number ever recorded on one boat. The group travelled from France, according to PA news ...

A data point showing that the number of small boats carrying migrants from France to England fell to its lowest level for six years has been shared online without important additional context.