Migrant Channel crossings top 25,000 for year so far
More than 1,000 people arrived in the UK over the weekend after making the journey, figures indicate.
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More than 25,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far this year.
Home Office figures show 717 people made the journey in 13 boats on Sunday, taking the provisional total for 2024 to date to 25,052.
It also means 1,424 Channel crossings took place this weekend, after another 707 people arrived on Saturday in 11 boats.
Crossings continued for a third day in a row on Monday, amid overcast and windy weather conditions at sea. Photos showed people wearing life jackets and some wrapped in blankets being brought ashore by Border Force in Dover, Kent.
