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flag On Christmas Day, migrants resumed Channel crossings, with officials planning to combat smuggling gangs.

flag On Christmas Day, migrants crossed the English Channel from France to the UK in multiple boats, ending a week without such crossings. flag This year, 35,040 migrants have made the journey, a 20% increase from last year but below the 2022 record of 45,774. flag Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are working to tackle organized crime gangs involved in people smuggling through a new Border Security Command and European collaboration.

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