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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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Terrifying moments as women struggle to breathe. Video, 00:00:16
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World
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28 September 2023
How distressed call to BBC helped rescue of six women trapped in lorry
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Asia
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28 September 2023
Witness History. The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy. Audio, 9 minutes
In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.
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BBC World Service
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Asylum seeker plan for former hotel rejected
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Wales
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27 September 2023
Inside the camp at the heart of Europe’s migrant surge
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Europe
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23 September 2023
Migrants are not invaders, Pope says on France trip
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Europe
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23 September 2023
Business Daily. The cost of migration: Europe's response. Audio, 18 minutes
How the EU is trying to address irregular migration from Africa
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BBC World Service
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Business Daily. The cost of migration: The rescue boats. Audio, 18 minutes
The increasing running costs facing charities operating in the Mediterranean Sea
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Business Daily. The cost of migration: The journey. Audio, 18 minutes
We're on board a charity rescue ship in the Mediterranean
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BBC World Service
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EU chief on Italy island after migrant numbers soar
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Europe
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17 September 2023
Newborn baby dies on Italy migrant boat
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Europe
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16 September 2023
More than 800 migrants cross Channel at weekend
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Kent
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11 September 2023
Assignment. Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster. Audio, 27 minutes
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades
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BBC World Service
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Crossing Continents. Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster. Audio, 28 minutes
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades.
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BBC Radio 4
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Migrants bundled out of Europe lose court challenge
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Europe
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6 September 2023
The Documentary Podcast. Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster. Audio, 27 minutes
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades
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BBC World Service
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Highest number of migrants cross Channel in 2023
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Kent
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3 September 2023
Migrants will be detained at new centre, MP says
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Sussex
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1 September 2023
France arrests four over Channel migrant boat deaths
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Europe
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17 August 2023
More than 60 migrants feared dead in Atlantic
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Africa
Posted
17 August 2023
Over 440 people arrive in small boats on one day
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Kent
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17 August 2023
Survivors brought ashore after migrant boat disaster. Video, 00:00:23
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Africa
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17 August 2023
Beach vigil held for migrants who drowned at sea
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Kent
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15 August 2023
Ministers face renewed pressure over boat crossings
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UK
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13 August 2023