{"id":313874,"date":"2025-12-13T12:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313874\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T12:53:08","slug":"uk-has-seen-longest-period-without-migrants-arriving-on-small-boats-since-2018-figures-show-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313874\/","title":{"rendered":"UK has seen longest period without migrants arriving on small boats since 2018, figures show | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant arrivals in small boats have resumed after 28 days without crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Home Office figures showed a stretch between 14 November and yesterday (12 December) without arrivals, making it the longest uninterrupted run since autumn 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, a number of Border Force vessels were active in the English Channel on Saturday morning, and it is thought that around 160 people from two small boats have been picked up.<\/p>\n<p>So far, 39,292 people have crossed to the UK aboard small boats this year &#8211; already more than any other year except 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The record that year was set at 45,774 arrivals.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the government has stepped up efforts in recent months to deter people from risking their lives crossing the Channel &#8211; but measures are not expected to have an impact until next year.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-migrants-france_7108858.jpg\"   alt=\"Debris of a small boat used by people thought to be migrants to cross the Channel lays amongst the sand dunes in Gravelines, France. Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Debris of a small boat used by people thought to be migrants to cross the Channel lays amongst the sand dunes in Gravelines, France. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>December is normally one of the quietest for Channel crossings, with a combination of poor visibility, low temperatures, less daylight and stormy weather making the perilous journey more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The most arrivals recorded in the month of December is 3,254, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy met with ministers from other European countries this week as discussions over possible reform to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) continue.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" data-testid=\"app-promo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-small-boats-channel_7082809.jpg\" alt=\"\"  aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            2:19<\/p>\n<p>          France agrees to start intercepting small boats <\/p>\n<p>The issue of small boat arrivals &#8211; a very small percentage of overall UK immigration &#8211; has become a salient issue in British politics in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, French maritime police announced they would <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/france-will-soon-be-able-to-intercept-suspected-migrant-taxi-boats-in-the-channel-13476499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">soon be able to intercept boats in the English Channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Migrant arrivals in small boats have resumed after 28 days without crossings. 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