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Why good weather isn't to blame for small boat crossings

Tuesday 3 June 2025 17:16, UK

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The Home Office says the doubling of good weather days this year compared to the start of 2024 "coincides with small boat arrivals being 46% higher" - but research by Sky's Data and Forensics team shows a rise in crossings during bad weather as well.

On today's Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by Sky News' political correspondent Ali Fortescue and senior data journalist Daniel Dunford to assess what the new data tells us about how well the government's plans to tackle small boat crossings are working and what they have learnt about how the smuggling gangs are adapting.

Producer: Emily Hulme
Editor: Wendy Parker

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