Has the UK government’s strategy on small boat crossings been effective?
A French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026. Between 20 July and 2 August 2025 1,962 people crossed the Channel in small boats.
- ▪A French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026.
- ▪Between 20 July and 2 August 2025 1,962 people crossed the Channel in small boats.
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A French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenA French warship and a navy boat near an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants across the Channel after leaving northern France in April 2026. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesImmigration and asylumExplainerHas the UK government’s strategy on small boat crossings been effective?As the number of migrants crossing the Channel is down by 43%, have ministers cracked the problem?Diane TaylorThu 6 Aug 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe headline figures show that small boats crossing the Channel are down by 43% compared with January to mid-July 2025 – from 21,690 last year to…
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