Some 8,790 people have made the crossing so far this year, up on the same period in both 2022 and 2023.
The Government has stopped publishing the number of migrants prevented from crossing the Channel in small boats after less than a week following “consultation with the French”.
But in a late update on Wednesday evening, the department said it had paused publishing the statistics on prevention “until further notice”. Wednesday’s update showed another 116 people had arrived via small boats on the previous day, bringing the total number of arrivals for the year so far to 8,790.
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