MORE than 25,000 migrants have arrived across the Channel so far this year.

A record number of people have come to the UK on small boats this year despite Labour’s promise to crackdown on the crossings.

Some 898 people made the journey in 13 boats on Wednesday, bringing the total for 2025 so far to 25,436, Home Office figures show.

The figure is up 51 per cent on this point last year, and is 73 per cent higher than in 2023.

It is the earliest point in the year that the 25,000 mark has been passed since the crisis began in 2018.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage slammed the fresh data from yesterday, saying: "This means more hotels, more costs and more people who should not be here.

"The public have had enough."

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We all want to end dangerous small boa

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