Overview

• 919 people made the journey in 14 small boats on June 13, raising the annual total to 16,183, a 42% rise on the same period in 2024
• French officers were photographed using tear gas and pepper spray near Gravelines to disperse migrants seeking to board dinghies
• Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that hotels will no longer house asylum seekers this parliament as part of a plan to clear the backlog and save £1 billion a year
• The Home Office will invest an additional £280 million per year in the Border Security Command by 2028-29 to dismantle people-smuggling networks
• The highest daily crossing so far remains May 31 with 1,195 arrivals and migrants are being brought ashore by Border Force vessels and RNLI lifeboats