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Evening Standard
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Anahita Hossein-Pour

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in first four days of month, figures show

People thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, on board a Border Force vessel (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in the first four days of the month, figures show.

Some 1,168 people made the journey from March 1 to 4, bringing the total number of arrivals for the year so far to 3,224.

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