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Episode: Mike Graham reacts to record number of migrant crossings in 2022
Description: A record 45,756 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in 2022, Government figures show. Â The last crossings of the year took place on Christmas Day, when 90 people made the journey from France in two boats. Â The Ministry of Defence (MoD) recorded no further crossings for the remaining six days of 2022 amid bad weather conditions. Â The provisional annual total for 2022 is a record high and is 60% up on the 28,526 recorded for the whole of 2021, but it is lower than the 60,000 that Home Office officials previously estimated could make the journey during the year. Â Over the last 12 months, politicians have made a seri...