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Migrant Channel crossings rise 50% to 20,000 in first six months of the year
More than 20,000 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in the first six months of this year, a rise of almost 50% on the number crossing in 2024 and a new record for the first half of a year.
A total of 19,982 people made the dangerous crossing from France in small boats between the start of 2025 and Monday, including 879 that crossed on that day, the third highest number of arrivals on a single day so far this year, latest Home Office figures show. Pictures from the Channel on Tuesday showed more boats crossing, meaning the total between 1 January and 1 July has exceeded 20,000 for the first time since data was first collected on migrant crossings in 2018.
Politics Hub - welfare reforms latest It's the highest number for the first half of a calendar year, 48% higher than the figure for the first six months of 2024, (13,489), and 75% higher than 2023's equivalent figure of 11,433. There were 13 boats that arrived on Monday, carrying an average of around 68 people on each vessel.
The single-day high for this year is 1,195 on 31 May and the overall record is 1,305, on 3 September 2022. The numbers were "clearly unacceptable.
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