A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2024, provisional government figures show. The figure is up 25% on 2023 when 29,437 people arrived in small boats.

The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats

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...

The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the previous year, government data showed.

At least 73 migrants have died trying to cross the English Channel to Britain this year, according to French authorities, making 2024 the deadliest year on record for the crossings.

This latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous migration route.

Three people have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat on Sunday morning, the French coastguard says. People ended up in the water after trying to board a boat off the coast of Sangatte,

At least three migrants died attempting to cross the English Channel, with French authorities confirming the deaths following a rescue operation. Overcrowding on an unsafe boat may have contributed to the tragedy.

Three migrants died on Sunday in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain, taking this year's casualty toll from failed clandestine crossings to a confirmed 76.

Home Office figures released on New Year's Day show 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats throughout 2024, an increase on the previous year, but not as many as in 2022. The last group,

A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in 2024, a rise of 25 per cent from 2023. Dozens of people have died trying to make the treacherous journey from France in what has been the deadliest year since the crisis began in 2018.