Ministers to launch bid to stop small boats, as Channel migrant numbers hit 40,000

Ministers are on Monday expected to set out a plan to reduce numbers of unauthorised migrants coming to the UK by small boat across the Channel, as the total for 2022 passed a record 40,000.

Ministers are on Monday expected to set out a plan to reduce numbers of unauthorised migrants coming to the UK by small boat across the Channel, as the total for 2022 passed a record 40,000.