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The Times & The Sunday Times

Labour ‘breaks link’ between migrant crossings and good weather

The Times & The Sunday Times
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64% Informative

Ministers confident smugglers are starting to be put off from crossing on red days’ Days with calmer conditions occur much more frequently in six months since Labour took power.

Average number of arrivals per red day was 262.8 for July to December 23 , compared with 360.8 in the final six months of last year .

However, small-boat crossings are still set to be higher this year than last year - with a total of 35,040 recorded so far, compared to 29,437 last year ..

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71

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semi-formal

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English

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41

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