More than 25,000 cross to Kent so far in 2022

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At least 25,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel to Kent so far in 2022, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Defence.

A total of 915 people reached Kent in 19 small boats on Saturday.

Women and children were among a group brought ashore by an R-N-L-I lifeboat at Dungeness.

There have been 8,747 crossings detected in August so far, with 3,733 in the past week.