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Arrivals by small boat pass 25,000 mark much earlier than in 2024
The Guardian
|August 01, 2025
The number of people arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats has passed 25,000 sooner this year than in any year since records began.
Ministers are aiming to "smash the gangs" involved in people-smuggling, but 898 people made the journey in 13 boats on Wednesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 25,436.
The latest Home Office figures show an increase of 51% on this point last year (16,842) and 73% on this stage in 2023 (14,732). It is the earliest point in a calendar year at which the 25,000 mark has been passed since data on Channel crossings was first reported in 2018. Last year the figure was passed on 22 September, and in 2023 it was on 2 October.
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