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The english channel is one of the busiest and most dangerous shipping lanes in the world, and that's because of the hundreds of ferries and tankers that pass through it every single day. and sadly, this latest incident didn't happen in isolation. so let's take a look at the numbers. according to the uk home office in 2022, arrivals in small boats made up 45% of applications. so that's a large number of people making a very dangerous journey. and if you look at the figures in 2022 alone, more than 16,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats. and since 2018 — that's when these num...

For example, the united arab emirates or qatar, they do not have these problems, they are rich. they do not have illegal immigration problems. the end of the country, illegally, you do not get a right to citizenship. —— if you enter the country illegally. so no one even tries to go there so we need to address the issue. there are so many illegal ways you can come to this country. asylum system is going... let me take that point. tommy smith, former head of uk border force, as there are so many legal ways that you can come to this country? yes. there are so many legal ways that you can come...

Stranded on a sand bank but initially, those eight people on board refuse the help of the french authorities because they wanted to get a uk waters and be brought to the uk. after some hours when water started going into their boat, they eventually agreed to be taken back to france and the crossings continued this morning. we saw earlier one border force boat bringing in a group of maybe 60 or 70 people to the shore here and i am told there are a number of other boats out there and actually the wind is picking up this morning. it may be dangerous crossing so i think border force and the french...

EXCLUSIVE: Tens of migrants have once again made their way across the Channel into Britain, with the help of French military vessels, but some have 'dangerously fallen' into the waters of the busy shipping lanes.

Around 21,000 illegal migrants entered the UK without being detected on the backs of lorries, ferries, or through airports last year.