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Will Durrant

Government must say how many die attempting small boat crossings – charity

Police and Border Force officers wait to intercept a dinghy carrying people, thought to be migrants, off the coast of Dungeness, Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government must say how many migrants die crossing the Channel, a charity has urged, amid fears more perished in 2024 than in the previous three years combined.

Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said the status quo “is not working” as he called on ministers to look at opening up new routes into the UK for people fleeing conflict or persecution.

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