First migrants arrive in Dover after 26 day pause in those crossing the English Channel
A group of migrants arrived in Dover aboard a Border Force vessel this morning (Saturday 12th January 2024).
A group of people who are believed to be migrants have been brought ashore in Kent, the first in 26 days.
A Border Force vessel arrived in Dover this morning, breaking a 26 day pause in crossings across the English Channel.
The gap was the longest break in small boat arrivals for five years.
The provisional annual total for 2023, 29,437, is 36% lower than the record 45,774 crossings for the whole of 2022.
It is still the second highest annual total on record, above the figure for 2021 (28,526).