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Downing Street insists the deal is not dead, but admitted the picture is ‘complex’ as Britain is on course for a new record in illegal crossings
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Small boat crossings hit record high in another blow for Starmer
Almost 20,000 people have arrived in the UK across the Channel in the first six months of this year, 48 per cent more than 2024
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