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  2. Channel crossings by migrants in small boats: Key numbers - AOL

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    Some 4,420 migrants who arrived by small boat were returned between January 2018 and September 2024, 3% of the total number of arrivals. In the year to September 2024, 2,376 arrivals were returned ...

  3. Man suspected of supplying small boats for Channel migrant ...

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    A man suspected of being a major supplier of boats for people smugglers operating the English Channel migrant crossings has been arrested.. The 44-year-old Turkish national was detained at Schipol ...

  4. More than 200 migrants crossed Channel in three boats ... - AOL

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    Three small boats arrived with 206 people on board on Monday, the Home Office said, bringing the provisional total for 2024 to 19,294. More than 200 migrants crossed Channel in three boats on ...

  5. English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present) - Wikipedia

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    The number of Albanians arriving by small boats fell to 29. [50] On 12 August, an overloaded boat sank resulting in the death of six people, all believed to be Afghan men in their 30s. [51] In the first eight months of the year, just over 20,000 migrants have arrived using small boats.

  6. 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster - Wikipedia

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    Aerial photos showing the boat's overladen upper and lower decks were taken by the HCG hours before the boat capsized. [4] Initially, the IOM estimated that around 400 were aboard. Ioannis Zafiropoulos, the deputy mayor of the Greek port city of Kalamata, stated that there were over 500. [45] No one on board had a life jacket.

  7. 2 cruise ships rescue more migrants off Florida coast - AOL

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    Crew members aboard two cruise ships rescued around two dozen migrants in small boats, the latest episode of hundreds making or attempting landings in the Florida Keys over the past several days ...

  8. November 2021 English Channel disaster - Wikipedia

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    In the past many migrants illegally boarded lorries which used the Channel Tunnel, but as port security has tightened more have tried to cross in small inflatable boats. [1] Reasons for crossing the Channel include family reunion, common language, and British migration and labour rules. [1]

  9. Migrant boat evades surfers in high-speed landing on ... - AOL

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    The image of migrants presumed to be entering the country illegally has added fuel to the U.S. immigration debate that is one of the animating issues in the Nov. 5 presidential election between ...