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Channel Crossings Hit 30,100 in Record Time as 1,097 Arrive in a Day

Officials say the France returns scheme will begin imminently, signaling an enforcement push alongside plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into former barracks.

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Overview

  • Border officials recorded 17 boats on Saturday, the busiest day since May for small-boat arrivals.
  • PA analysis shows the year-to-date total is 37% higher than at this point in 2024 and 2023, reaching 30,000 earlier than any year since records began in 2018.
  • New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called the crossings “utterly unacceptable” and said she expects the first returns to France to happen imminently.
  • The UK–France returns deal took effect in August, but the first removals back to the continent had not started as of Sunday.
  • Ministers are expected to expand use of former military sites to reduce hotel dependence, with more than 32,000 people in hotels at the end of June and no firm date set to close them.