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

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    An increasing number of refugees and migrants have been entering the United Kingdom illegally by crossing the English Channel in the last decades. The Strait of Dover section between Dover in England and Calais in France represents the shortest sea crossing, and is a long-established shipping route.

  3. Migrants crossing English Channel to UK surged by 25% ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  4. Channel crossings by migrants in 2024: Key numbers - AOL

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    Afghan migrants accounted for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months of 2024, making up 17% of the total. This was followed by people from Vietnam (13%), Iran (12%) and ...

  5. Migrant crossings of English Channel declined by more than a ...

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    The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 fell by more than a third from the previous year, marking the first decline since current record-keeping began, the British government said.

  6. Illegal Migration Act 2023 - Wikipedia

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    The legislation proposes to detain and remove those from the UK who arrive in that country by illegal means, as well as blocking them from returning. Its announcement follows a sharp increase in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel by boat, which increased from 300 annually in 2018 to 45,000 in 2022, [4] and 3,150 as of March ...

  7. November 2021 English Channel disaster - Wikipedia

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    On 24 November 2021, an inflatable dinghy, carrying 30 migrants across the English Channel from France to the UK, capsized whilst still in French territorial waters near Calais and Dunkirk. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Twenty-seven people were found dead, while two others survived and were rescued, and another is still missing.

  8. Deaths of migrants crossing English Channel ‘truly awful ...

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    More than 60 people were reported to be on the boat off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer.

  9. List of NBA Finals broadcasters - Wikipedia

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    This Game 4 move, played to a national audience in a title game, has probably become Julius Erving's most famous move. 1981: The series between the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets was the lowest rated NBA Finals in history (6.7 rating over six games), until the 2003 NBA Finals drew only 6.5 percent of American television households. Four ...