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Channel migrants: Home Office figures in 2024 show 36,816 crossed

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36,816 people crossed the English Channel in small boats throughout 2024 .

The last group, made up of 291 people, arrived on 29 December .

The year 2024 was the deadliest on record for the crossings, according to a UN agency.

The government said it was working with the French authorities to try to stop the small boats.

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