(BBC) The number of migrants crossing the Channel has fallen year-on-year for the first time since current records began.
Government figures show the total arrivals in 2023 were down by more than a third on 2022.
The provisional annual total for the year, 29,437, is 36% lower than the record 45,774 crossings for the whole of 2022.
The last crossing of the year was on December 16, when 55 people made the journey from France in one boat.
In August last year, the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats since current records began in 2018 reached more than 100,000.
