UK sees record day for Channel migrant crossings piling pressure on government
Britain's government said Thursday that 752 migrants were detected arriving in small boats across the Channel the previous day, a daily record for this year.
However, the number of migrants crossing the Channel fell by 41 percent in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period the previous year, according to interior ministry figures.
The issue of tens of thousands of irregular migrants arriving in small boats each year has vexed successive British governments and fuelled support for the hard-right Reform UK party led by Nigel Farage.
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