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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Michael Howie

How many small boat migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Hundreds more risk lives to reach UK

The hot weather is drawing hundreds of migrants to make the perilous crossing from France to the UK in small boats.

After nearly two weeks without any arrivals, 394 people arrived in the UK in six small vessels on Friday, May 22, on what was the warmest day of the year up until that point.

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