US EditionOver 800 Migrants Cross English Channel in Record December Day
A backlog after poor weather and smugglers timing calmer seas caused 803 migrants to cross in 13 boats, pushing 2025 Channel crossings to 41,455, surpassing 2024 totals.
- More than 800 migrants in 13 boats crossed the English Channel on Saturday, a record for a December day in recent years.
- The British government said the number of small boat crossings are "shameful" and that "the British people deserve better."
- Germany recently passed a law that could see people smugglers face up to 10 years in prison for trying to bring migrants to the UK.
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On Saturday, 803 migrants crossed the English Channel from France to Great Britain in 13 vessels, according to today's data from the British Ministry of the Interior.
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