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Analysis of Government figures shows 3,793 migrants made the journey from France by the end of March 2023, compared with 4,548 in the first quarter of last year.

More than 11,000 Albanians arrived in the UK by small boat between May and September last year; a new bill seeks to make it easier to send them back.

The Home Office yesterday reported 204 arrivals on Tuesday, bringing the 2023 tally to 2,517. At the same point last year there were 1,352.

A total of 2,313 asylum seekers have made the perilous journey across the 21-mile Dover Straits in 52 inflatable dinghies or other small craft - an average of 44 people per vessel, according to new data.

Gillian Keegan said she wants to have more foreign students studying in the UK, despite a Home Office crackdown on migration and small boat Channel crossings.

Aziz Akakhel, 32, had already failed two earlier attempts to claim UK asylum when he was rescued by Border Force officers from a dinghy in the English Channel on October 29.

Illegal migrants could also be sent back to Albania before they are able to appeal against a rejected asylum claim as part of a new rapid returns agreement.

A group of 50 led by ex-minister David Davis has written to the PM to rapidly implement a simple change in the law to help reduce the flow of people that has reached 40,000 this year.

More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel yesterday, adding to the record number who have made the perilous journey this year - which now stands at over 34,000.

New Tory leader Liz Truss, who succeeds Boris Johnson as Prime Minister today, will launch a policy blitz aimed at uniting her warring party and decisively dealing with the cost of living crisis.