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Multiple people are understood to have been detained under the new ‘one in, one out’ deal after crossing the English Channel

The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.

The crossings continue as the number of people arriving this year so far nears 25,000.

On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city of Dunkirk. They walked through the darkness in near-silence for around two hours, until they reached the beach from where…

Albanian national Bleda Bega was captaining the 23ft vessel when it was intercepted in the English Channel en route to Newquay

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According to the Home Office, 353 people crossed the English Channel by small boat on Friday.

According to the Home Office, some 353 people made the trip across the channel by small boat on Friday.