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Sunak's Vow To Stop Boats Is In Shreds As Numbers Surge
The Independent
|April 02, 2024
Rishi Sunak's pledge to "stop the boats" is in tatters after figures showed a record number of migrants crossed the Channel in the first three months of 2024.
A total of 5,435 asylum seekers arrived via small boats in the UK this year, Home Office figures showed, a 43 per cent increase from the same time last year.
The figure is also around a fifth higher than the total by this point in 2022, the year which saw the highest number of small boat crossings on record. The total number of arrivals soared over the weekend amid calm weather in the Channel, making it the busiest Easter bank holiday weekend for Channel crossings on record.
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