Nearly 30,000 Migrants Crossed Channel to UK Last Year
Voice of America
FILE - Rescue personnel bring migrants ashore after their boat sunk in the English Channel, near Dover, Britain, Aug. 12, 2023, in this photo obtained from social media. (Stuart Brock/via Reuters)
Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain from mainland Europe in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, government figures released Monday showed.
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