Try GOLD - Free
Migrant Crossings Up 25% In 2024
Daily Post
|January 02, 2025
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 2024, a jump of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to provisional figures from the Home Office.
The total is down 20% on the record 45,774 arrivals in 2022, however.
The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.
The Home Office recorded no further crossings for the remaining two days of 2024, amid blustery weather conditions.
It means 2024 saw the second highest number of arrivals in a year since data on Channel crossings began in 2018.
This story is from the January 02, 2025 edition of Daily Post.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Daily Post
Daily Post
11 uncapped players in Roses squad
RUGBY UNION
1 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Iran talks may happen
UNITED States President Donald Trump has said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters, in a move coming as activists have said the death toll in the nationwide demonstrations in Iran has risen to at least 572 people.
2 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Decision to drop Ronaldo showed his self-belief
FOR an indication of Michael Carrick's ability to make big decisions as a manager, you only need to go back to just his second game when he was holding the fort at Manchester United between the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era and Ralf Rangnick's spell in charge.
2 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Liverpool make hard work of progressing past Tykes
Late goals from Wirtz and Ekitike settle the nerves at Anfield
3 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Thousands are left with no water
A MAJOR incident was declared yesterday as 30,000 properties in Kent and Sussex were without a proper water supply.
2 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
STOPPED IN THEIR TRACKS
Bungling suspects lead police straight to them with footprints in snow
1 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Wrexham host Ipswich in fourth round
WREXHAM will face Championship rivals Ipswich Town in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
1 min
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Airbus delivered just under 800 planes in 2025
AIRBUS delivered 793 commercial aircraft to 91 customers globally in 2025 and registered 1,000 new gross orders in its Commercial Aircraft business.
1 min
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
CLIFF FALL RESCUE HIGHLIGHTS AIR AMBULANCE FEARS
A LARGE emergency response was sprung when a visitor slipped and fell from cliffs on the Llŷn peninsula.
2 mins
January 13, 2026
Daily Post
Carrick is closing in on United interim role
MANCHESTER
1 min
January 13, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size