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- UK saw a 41% drop in small-boat Channel arrivals in the first half of 2026.
- National Crime Agency linked the decline to more arrests, seizures and French efforts to block launches.
- Rob Jones, NCA director general of operations, said the agency is allocating unprecedented resources to combat immigration crime.
- Mihnea Cuibus of Oxford’s Migration Observatory said fewer unauthorised EU arrivals and improved Syrian security may have lowered crossings.