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Record 128 people cross Channel in one small boat

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A small boat crossed the English Channel on Friday carrying 128 people, the largest-ever recorded number to make the journey in a single vessel. The boat made the journey on Friday, when a total of 225 migrants crossed the Channel on three boats.

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Belfast LiveBelfast Live
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Kate Nicholl: Small boats are a by-product of Brexit

Writing for Belfast Live, the Alliance Party MLA Kate Nicholl argues that the number of unlawful small boat crossings which are now happening on a scale that simply hadn’t been seen before Brexit.

·Belfast, United Kingdom
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Sud OuestSud Ouest
Center

Immigration: 128 Migrants Crossed the English Channel on a Single Boat, a Record

The British Ministry of the Interior reports the arrival of 225 people on the English coast in a single day, including a group exceeding the previous record of passengers on the same boat.

·France
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LiberationLiberation
Lean Left

"Passers Take More and More Risks": 128 Migrants Join the English Coast on the Same Boat

Never so many people had succeeded in the perilous crossing from France on the same boat.

·Paris, France
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The IndependentThe Independent
Lean Left

Record 128 migrants make perilous journey to UK in small boat

The previous record for a single boat stood at 125 people

·London, United Kingdom
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GB NewsGB News
Lean Right

People smugglers cram record 128 illegal migrants onto single dinghy in English Channel

People smugglers cram record 128 illegal migrants onto single dinghy in English Channel . Reckless people smugglers have been condemned by the Home Office for cramming a record number of illegal immigrants onto a single migrant dinghy in the English Channel

·London, United Kingdom
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BBC NewsBBC News
Center

Record 128 people cross English Channel in one small boat

The boat made the journey on Friday, when a total of 225 migrants made the crossing on three boats.

·United Kingdom
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The Sun broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, July 11, 2026.
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