The figures that reveal it's not just good conditions leading to a rise in small boat crossings
A new Home Office report has linked the UK's balmy start to 2025 to a dramatic rise in the number of small boat crossings when compared to the same period last year.
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed the need for a "new deterrent" to deter small boats crossings in the Channel, Downing Street has said.
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