London, Oct 31, 2024 (AFP) - UK cross-Channel small boat arrivals top 30,000 this year

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2024-10-31

The number of undocumented migrants arriving in Britain after crossing the Channel in small boats this year has surpassed 30,000, provisional statistics showed Thursday. The figures come as the new Labour government -- like its Conservative predecessor -- struggles to reduce the arrivals despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer's pre-election pledge to "smash" the criminal gangs facilitating them. Some 30,431 migrants have arrived on the shores of sou......

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