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The number of migrants reaching Britain on small boats has hit a new record of 1,295 in a single day.

Andrew's family lived in Guernsey in the English Channel, thousands of miles from his former home in the United Arab Emirates but he wanted to be closer to Tasha, who lives in London.

Ministry of Defence says 14 small boats detected in the 24-hour period between 12 and 13 August

A woman becomes the first person with complete spinal cord injury to swim the English Channel – without a wetsuit.

It brings the total number of people who have crossed the English Channel so far this year to 18,284 with more arrivals reported on Monday

THE total number of people who have crossed the English Channel in search of asylum so far this year has passed 18,000, Ministry of Defence figures…

The new milestone was reached just days after the busiest day for Channel crossings in 2022 so far.

Small boats crossings resumed in the English Channel on Thursday after none were reported on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Kars Station is 12 hours west of Sydney, 500 kilometres from the nearest beach and one of the unlikeliest places to train for a swim across the English Channel. But that did not deter Brendan Cullen, who completed the attempt over the weekend.

The U.K. government was due to begin its first deportation flight to remove asylum-seekers to the East African country of Rwanda on June 14, 2022, exactly two months after signing the U.K.-Rwanda agreement. The asylum-seekers were from several war-torn and politically unstable countries, including Syria, Sudan and Iran.

Following a weekend of huge delays, the port in southern England has returned to 'normal' but more delays are feared.