Europe migrant crisis

How many people cross the Channel in small boats?

Keir Starmer has promised to "smash the gangs" bringing people to the UK in small boats.

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Denmark clears way for offshore asylum centres
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Europe
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3 June 2021
The migrants making an island hotel home. Video, 00:04:32
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Europe
Posted
28 May 2021
Dead children washed up on Libya beach, says charity
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Africa
Posted
25 May 2021
The photos that captured Spain's migrant story
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Europe
Posted
20 May 2021
'I said goodbye to my family and left with nothing'
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Europe
Posted
19 May 2021
The Syrian refugees no longer welcome in Denmark
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Europe
Posted
19 May 2021
Spanish troops clear migrants from African enclave. Video, 00:01:55
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Europe
Posted
18 May 2021
Migrants reach Spain's Ceuta enclave in record numbers. Newsday. Audio, 00:02:16
Analyst says Moroccan border guards 'turned a blind eye' as people swam round sea barriers
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BBC World Service
Posted
18 May 2021
Young woman found in boat drifting for 22 days at sea. Video, 00:04:23
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Europe
Posted
15 May 2021
Nine boats with 199 migrants cross English Channel
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Kent
Posted
14 May 2021
Cold welcome for migrant influx at gateway to Europe
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Europe
Posted
13 May 2021
Eight boats carry 186 migrants across Channel
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Kent
Posted
12 May 2021
More than 1,000 migrants arrive on Italian island
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Europe
Posted
9 May 2021
Four boats with 92 migrants cross English Channel
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Kent
Posted
3 May 2021
Migrant Channel crossings hit daily high for 2021
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Kent
Posted
28 April 2021
Stacey Dooley. Migrant Kids in Crisis. Video, 30 minutes
Stacey Dooley travels to Greece to follow children on the migrant trail.
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BBC Three
Available for 20 days
Six boats with 132 migrants on board picked up
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Kent
Posted
21 April 2021
The Comb. Left behind. Audio, 18 minutes
Senegal’s missing men. What happens to communities left behind in the migrant crisis?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Three boats with 77 people on board cross Channel
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Kent
Posted
26 March 2021
Six boats with 183 migrants on board intercepted
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Kent
Posted
24 March 2021
Two-year-old critical after dangerous crossing. Video, 00:01:33
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Europe
Posted
20 March 2021
Military asylum seeker sites 'filthy and run-down'
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Kent
Posted
8 March 2021
50 migrants intercepted crossing the Channel
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Kent
Posted
8 March 2021
Four boats with 66 migrants on board intercepted
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Kent
Posted
2 March 2021