Home Office Stops Publishing Data on Blocked Channel Crossings After Talks With France

The government has paused publishing the number of migrants stopped from illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats “after consultation with the French.” The move ended the recently applied practice of releasing data on illegal small boat crossings by the UK Border Force and the Home Office. Over the weekend, the government reported the number of migrants who had been successfully blocked from crossing the Channel alongside the number of those arriving in the UK. However, an official statement on Wednesday, said that the practice will be paused “until further notice.” “We will continue to publish daily statistics on small boat arrivals, by individuals and boats. We will provide further updates on the publication of prevention data as soon as possible,” the government added....