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More than 25,000 migrants have crossed the Channel since Sir Keir Starmer turned Prime Minister,

A complete of 240 folks made the journey in 4 boats on Saturday, taking the provisional complete for 2025 up to now to 1,893, in keeping with the info.

This brings the full provisional variety of migrants to have crossed the Channel since Sir Keir Starmer turned Prime Minister to 25,135, in keeping with evaluation of Home Office information.

Saturday’s provisional determine was the second-highest in 2025, with 260 migrants detected crossing the Channel on January 13.

Tory MP Ben Obese-Jecty mentioned: “240 migrants crossed the channel yesterday with one losing their life in the process.

“When is the new Border Security Commander going to announce his strategic priorities?

“What has he done since being appointed last September?”

A total of 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in 2024.

Last year’s arrivals jumped by 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to the Home Office, but dropped by 20% on the record 45,774 arrivals in 2022.

A Home Office spokesman said: “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.

“The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay.

“We will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice.”