More than 200,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel since 2018, figures show.
Just over a third of this number have arrived since Labour took power in July 2024, according to analysis of Government data.
The remaining two thirds made the journey under the Conservative governments of the previous four prime ministers.
Since current data began some 200,013 migrants have travelled across the channel, with 72,094 arriving since Labour formed a government under Sir Keir Starmer.
That data is based on official statistics from 2018 to 2025 and provisional figures recorded so far this year.
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