No migrants have been recorded crossing the English Channel for 11 consecutive days, marking the longest such gap this year.
The most recent arrival of individuals making the journey by small boat was on 22 October, according to the latest data released by the Home Office.
Adverse weather conditions are understood to have played a significant role in preventing further crossing attempts.
Storm Benjamin, which swept across northern France and the Channel on 23 October with heavy rain and strong winds, was followed by several days of similarly wet and blustery weather.
The 11-day gap in arrivals from October 23 to November 2 beats this year’s previous longest gap, which was the 10 days from August 27 to September 5.
Channel crossings in 2025 are no longer running at record levels.
The cumulative number of arrivals this year, 36,954, is 7% below the total at this point in 2022 (39,929).
Some 45,774 migrants arrived in 2022 – the highest number in any calendar year since data on Channel crossings was first collected in 2018.
This year’s total of 36,954 has already passed the number for the whole of 2024 (36,816) and 2023 (29,437).
Separate figures show 75 migrants have now been returned to France under the Government’s “one in one out” deal, while 51 have arrived in the UK under the scheme.
The Home Office confirmed on Friday that a flight returned 20 people to the continent on October 30, with a further 13 transported the previous week.
