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More than 50,000 people have arrived in UK since Keir Starmer vowed to ‘smash the gangs’ behind small boats

Protests over asylum seeker accommodation have intensified in England, coinciding with the launch of a new UK-France deal to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year

Labour minister admits the number of small boat crossings under Starmer is ‘unacceptable’

Baroness Smith, a former home secretary, said the record numbers of people making the dangerous journey showed how embedded criminal gangs became under the previous government

Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, now an education minister, said criminal gangs were allowed to become entrenched under the Conservative government.

Home Office data shows 474 migrants arrived yesterday in eight small boats bringing the total to over 50,000

Baroness Jacqui Smith insisted the number of people crossing the Channel was not the current government’s fault

The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

The UK said Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

The first migrants to cross the English Channel have been detained under a new 'one in, one out' deal. The detentions began on Wednesday, the initial day the pilot scheme became active, for people arriving in Dover. The agreement, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel…