Saturday's arrivals brings the total who have crossed the Channel in 2024 so far to nearly 25,000.
The Home Office said 707 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, the fourth highest daily total so far this year.
The total number of arrivals for 2024 now stands at 24,335. The highest number of people who have made the crossing in a single day was 882 on 18 June. More than 10,000 people have made the journey across the Channel since Labour won the election in July. The latest arrivals come just days after the prime minister said he is “not going to put an arbitrary date” on stopping the small boat Channel crossings.with BBC South East, Sir Keir Starmer said he was "absolutely determined" to tackle the smuggling gangs who facilitated the crossings, but would not commit to a timeframe for doing that.A Home Office spokesperson said: “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.
The previous Conservative government made stopping the boats a central pledge, but the Labour government stopped short of saying the same.The Scottish Secretary tells the BBC his party inherted the "worst economic and public service finances situation since the Second World War".Labour insiders frustrated at Starmer's 'breathtaking' wardrobe row
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