Mega dinghy carries record 165 migrants to UK
"The reality is clear and lives are being lost in the Channel," they added. A total of 162 people died, external in the busy waterway between 2018 and 2025, according to the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory. This rises to 257 when considering other migration-related deaths in the area, such as accidents involving people trying to board lorries bound for the UK, it added.
- ▪"The reality is clear and lives are being lost in the Channel," they added.
- ▪A total of 162 people died, external in the busy waterway between 2018 and 2025, according to the University of Oxford's Migration Observatory.
- ▪This rises to 257 when considering other migration-related deaths in the area, such as accidents involving people trying to board lorries bound for the UK, it added.
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Mega dinghy carries record 165 migrants to UKImage source, PA MediaImage caption, The dinghy was approximately the size of a standard busByJoshua AskewSouth EastPublished24 minutes agoA record 165 migrants reached the UK in a single boat, the Home Office has confirmed.The number broke the previous record from July, when 128 crossed the Channel from France in one vessel.Border Security Command was pictured towing a mega dinghy - estimated to be the same size as a standard bus at 13m (42ft) long - when it arrived in Dover on Thursday afternoon.A Home Office spokesperson said the crossing served as a "stark reminder that criminal gangs have no regard for the safety of those they claim to help". "The reality is clear and lives are being lost in the Channel," they added.
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