More than 36,000 migrants crossed English Channel to UK in 2024 — up 25% on 2023 It's the second-highest number of people successfully making the crossing since records began in 2018.

January 1, 2025   

(Sky News) A total of 36,816 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2024, provisional government figures show.

The figure is up 25% on 2023 when 29,437 people arrived in small boats.

The number successfully making the journey in 2024 is the second-highest since records began in 2018. The total, however, is down 20% on the record 45,774 arrivals in 2022.

The number of people who died while making the hazardous journey across the busiest shipping lane in the world was not published in the Home Office data, though 2024 was considered the deadliest for Channel crossings.

According to the French coastguard, 53 people died across the 12 months.

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