welcome
BBC

BBC

World

World

English Channel sees record number of migrants cross in a day

BBC
Summary
Nutrition label

71% Informative

Home Office figures show 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday .

It brings the annual total to 14,811 , up 42% on this time last year and 95% up from 2023 .

Defence Secretary John Healey has called scenes of migrants being picked up by smugglers "like a taxi" to be brought to the UK .

VR Score

71

Informative language

68

Neutral language

19

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

Affiliate links

no affiliate links