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The number of migrants crossing the Channel on small boats has hit a new record high for the first four months of the year, jumping 27% on 2023.
A total of 7,567 people made the journey from January to April, provisional Home Office figures show.
That is 27% higher than the number of arrivals recorded in the first four months of last year (5,946) and an increase of 13% compared to figures logged for the same period in 2022 (6,691).
On Tuesday alone, 268 people arrived in the UK in five boats and crossings continued on Wednesday, with dozens more being brought into Dover.
They arrived throughout the morning, disembarking in bright orange lifejackets. Conditions are currently favourable for crossings, with the sea calm.
A total of 7,567 people made the journey from January to April, up 25 per cent on 2023
A group of migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent by the RNLI on Tuesday after being
