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How many people cross the Channel in small boats and how many claim asylum?

Season 1, Ep. 6250

The government has announced a series of measures to tackle people smuggling, including a new criminal offence of endangering the lives of others at sea.


Almost 37,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2024.


The number of people claiming asylum in the UK during the year to December 2024 was the highest since records began, in 1979.

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