Migrants in a small boat taking a selfie while crossing the English Channel.
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BRITAIN’s small boat crisis has reached unprecedented levels, with nearly 20,000 migrants crossing the Channel in just six months — marking the highest number for the first half of any year.

Official figures show 19,982 people have made the dangerous journey in 2025 as crossings spiral weeks ahead of last year’s pace.

Migrants in a small boat taking a selfie while crossing the English Channel.
Migrants in a small boat taking a selfie while crossing the English Channel.Credit: Getty
Headshot of Keir Starmer, Britain's Prime Minister.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to ‘smash the gangs’Credit: AFP

Downing Street has called for patience from the public, emphasizing that addressing the criminal networks behind the surge is complex and will require time.

The crisis is now 48 per cent worse than this time last year and 75 per cent higher than in 2023.

Another 879 migrants arrived on Monday alone, the third biggest daily total so far this year, with smugglers exploiting the heatwave.

More boats were seen leaving French beaches this morning, with officials expecting the total to smash through the 20,000 mark.

Monday saw 13 boats carrying an average of 68 people each, as organised crime gangs continue to cash in.

The worst day so far this year saw 1,195 arrivals, while the all-time daily record remains 1,305, set in September 2022.

The Tories blasted Labour for tearing up their Rwanda deportation plan and replacing it with “fantasy”.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp remarked, “A year under Labour’s leadership and the boat crossings have increased, turning this year into the worst on record and creating chaos.”

“We need a removals deterrent so every single illegal immigrant who arrives is removed to a location outside Europe.  The crossings will then rapidly stop.”

Asked about the record numbers, the Prime Minister’s spokesman said the figures were “clearly unacceptable”.

He said: “More people are being crammed into unseaworthy vessels, as we are restricting supply to equipment, and gangs putting even more lives at risk. But let’s be clear, the rising numbers in recent years are because these gangs have been allowed to embed industrial scale smuggling enterprises across Europe, whilst our own asylum system collapsed through failed policies like Rwanda. But we are taking action.”

The spokesman pointed to arrests of gang leaders and better cooperation with France, saying this was down to “the Prime Minister’s efforts to reset our relationship across Europe”.

But he admitted: “Fixing a broken immigration system and taking on a global challenge like this won’t happen overnight. It will take time for our new policies and approach to turn the tide on years of ineffective measures.

“We’re not going to put an arbitrary timeframe on it. We are clear it’s going to take time. It’s not simple to dismantle an embedded criminal structure that crosses borders. It requires international partnerships and international solutions.”

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