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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 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 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.
English Channel showing the Strait of Dover. People smuggling across Europe has become a common practice by criminal gangs in the 21st century. [1] In recent times, significant numbers of migrants have crossed the English Channel from France to get to the UK. This included 25,700 between the start of 2021 and the time of this incident. [2]
The figures bring the total number of migrants to arrive so far this year to 32,691, higher than in 2023 but lower than at the same point in 2022.
Some 44 people crossed the Channel in a boat on Monday. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
First airship crossing Ernest Willows (UK) Frank Goodden (UK) City of Cardiff airship Wormwood Scrubs, London, England Corbehem, near Douai, France Departed at 3:25pm on 4 November 1910. Night-time crossing, landed at 2:00am on 5 November 1910. Arrived at Paris on 28 December 1910. [7] 16 April 1912 First woman to fly across the Channel
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