Highest daily number of Channel small-boat crossings for 2023 recorded
by PA Media from World news | The Guardian on (#6EDRQ)
More than 800 people made the journey on Saturday, bringing the total for the year so far to almost 21,000
More than 800 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Saturday, the highest number on a single day so far this year.
The latest provisional government data put the figure at 872 people in 15 vessels, suggesting an average of about 58 people in each one.
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