small boat crossings

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Dec 21, 2025 • via BBC News

803 Migrants Cross in December Record

41,455 arrivals surpass 2024 total amid government claims of action

A record 803 Channel crossings on one December day push 2025 totals past 2024's full year, despite Home Office removals and French deals. Rhetoric masks rising trends and systemic border failures across governments.

Oct 29, 2025 • via Sky News

£350 Boat, Lifetime Sentence

A rejected asylum seeker's random stabbing exposes systemic gaps in UK's migration controls

The fatal stabbing of a Derby man by a small boat migrant highlights failures in asylum processing and border enforcement that persist across governments, eroding public safety.