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Channel Crossings Fall 41% as Boats Carry Far More Migrants

Home Office data point to enforcement, weather and supply disruptions as factors linked to more crowded, higher‑risk dinghies.

Nearly 1,000 Arrive After Bank Holiday Channel Surge as Smugglers Shift Routes

French Rescue 78 in Channel as Crossings Top 4,000 and UK Presses Tougher France Deal

UK–France ‘One In, One Out’ Returns Lag Far Behind Pledge as Judge Blocks Eritrean Removal

Channel Crossings Under Starmer Overtake Johnson Record After Weekend Arrivals

UK Confirms 41,472 Channel Small-Boat Arrivals in 2025, Second-Highest on Record

UK Channel Crossings Reach 41,472 in 2025, Second-Highest on Record

Channel Small-Boat Crossings Resume After 28-Day Pause

France Authorizes At-Sea Interventions To Stop Channel ‘Taxi Boats’ Before Migrants Board

Second Migrant Deported Under UK–France Deal Returns to UK by Small Boat

Channel Crossings Rebound After Two-Week Lull, More Than 1,500 Since Thursday

UK–France Returns Pilot Logs 75 Removals as Re-Entry Case Tests Scheme

UK–France ‘One-In, One-Out’ Returns Pilot Strains as Detained Re‑Entrant and Absconding Reports Raise Questions

UK Carries Out Largest France Return Flight Under Channel Returns Pilot

UK Returns 26 Under France Deal as Channel Crossings Top 35,000 This Year

Channel Crossings Top 1,000 in a Day as UK–France ‘One In, One Out’ Pilot Returns Just Three

Channel Small-Boat Arrivals Since 2018 Now Exceed Size of UK Armed Forces

Channel Crossings Stay High Despite UK-France 'One In, One Out' Returns Pilot

France Plans to Intercept Migrant Boats Within 300 Meters and Seek Extra UK Funding