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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Flora Thompson

Labour blames ‘appalling legacy’ after migrant crossings top 150,000 since 2018

More than 150,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since the start of 2018 (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour and the Conservatives have traded blows over migration as figures confirmed more than 150,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in the last seven years.

Boxing Day saw 407 people make the journey in 10 boats, according to Home Office figures published on Friday, while photographs suggested more people had made the crossing on December 27.

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