Record number of migrants cross English Channel in first three months of 2024

According to provisional Home Office figures, 338 people arrived in seven boats on Tuesday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644.This exceeds the previous record high figure of 4,548 for January to March 2022 and had already surpassed the 3,793 arrivals in the first quarter of last year.The number of crossings recorded so far this year is 23% higher than the total at this point in 2023 and 12% higher than the same time in 2022 , PA news agency analysis of government data shows.

Meanwhile, the Government's Rwanda Bill remains stuck in parliamentary limbo after a series of further defeats in the Lords, with MPs not scheduled to debate it again until after Westminster returns from its Easter break.Labour said it was "time to get a grip and restore order to the border" in the wake of the latest figures.

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