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The total for 2022 so far exceeds 13,200, a rise on previous years.

ANOTHER 23 people have crossed the Channel in a small boat as the UK Government confirmed it was pressing on with plans to send migrants to Rwanda.

The NCA is working with its international network to find the suppliers of the boats to try to stem supply.

France has “upped its game” and is two thirds of the way to its target for busting the business model of the Channel migrant smuggling gangs, the National Crime Agency has said after a wave of arrests in London and elsewhere in Europe.

Police in five European countries have arrested 39 people in a major cross-border operation targeting an Iraqi-Kurdish gang which smuggled migrants across the Channel to Britain, the EU's law enforcement agency Europol said on Wednesday.

Operation Punjum, led by the National Crime Agency in the UK, was carried out alongside Operation Thoren in Europe.

‘Slick’ operation saw boats purchased in Turkey, stored in Germany then transported to the French coast in small numbers to evade authorities

Clarke lost his cap early then battled shoulder pain to cover the distance in under 13 hours

Police in five European countries uncover network believed to have smuggled 10,000 people in 18 months