Small boat crossings have continued in the English Channel on Saturday despite the morning’s foggy conditions. Pictures showed the Dungeness lifeboat bringing a number of people, thought to have been picked up from a small boat in the Channel,

At least 73 migrants have died trying to cross the English Channel to Britain this year, according to French authorities, making 2024 the deadliest year on record for the crossings.

On Christmas Day, more than 450 migrants arrived in the UK on 11 small boats, and a further 400 people made the journey on Boxing Day.

Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble.

Since current records began on January 1 2018, 150,243 people have made the journey, according to PA news agency analysis of Government figures.

More than 450 people crossed the English Channel in 11 small boats on Christmas Day, according to official Home Office figures released on Boxing Day

A total of 451 people crossed the English Channel in 11 small boats on Christmas Day, according to the latest official figures. The Home Office says crossings resumed after an 11-day lull - the last recorded arrival was on 14 December involving 160 people on three boats.

GB News can reveal that 1,300 illegal migrants have now crossed the English Channel since Christmas day, as hundreds more crossed today. It comes as the Home Office confirmed 305 arrived yesterday in five small boats.