>GB News can confirm the number of migrants arriving illegally by small boat has passed the total for the whole of last year.

>The grim milestone figure was passed on Wednesday as two Border Force vessels arrived at Dover harbour with 150 migrants on board.

>This takes the total number of arrivals so far this year to 36,886.

>The figure is 70 higher than the 36,816 migrants who crossed the Channel illegally during the whole of 2024.

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