Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

LONDON: The second-highest annual number of migrants arrived on UK shores in small boats since records were started in 2018, the government was to confirm Thursday. The tally…

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

Home Office data showed a total of 41,472 migrants landed on England's southern coast in 2025 after making the perilous Channel crossing from northern France.