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Some 45,774 arrivals were reported across the whole of 2022: the highest for a calendar year since data on Channel crossings began in 2018. The total for 2023, 29,437, was more than a third (36% ...
The number of Channel crossings is 32% lower than the total recorded at the same point of time last year, but 49% higher than the total at this stage in 2022. [ 57 ] For the first quarter of 2024, the most common nationality of people arriving from small boats was from Vietnam, with the 1,266 Vietnamese arrivals making up 20% of arrivals so far.
With the topic of English Channel crossings high up the news agenda again after a flurry of arrivals, the PA news agency has looked at some of the key questions on the topic.
Six 13 to 15-year-olds from Watford Swimming Club are to take on the 21-mile crossing. Teenagers eyeing glory as they take on English Channel crossing relay Skip to main content
The English Channel, [a] [1] also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busiest shipping area in the world. [2]
The English Channel connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Southern part of the North Sea and is one of the busiest shipping areas in the world with ships going in numerous direction: some are passing through in transit from the Southwest to Northeast (or vice versa) and others serving the many ports around the English Channel, including ferries crossing the Channel.
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 ...
It is impossible to apply for asylum in the UK until they are physically in the country [3] so many try to cross the English Channel illegally. [1] On 23 November The Times reported that, due to the increase in the number of migrants crossing from France to the UK, the UK had offered to provide police officers to help the French to patrol their ...