Fact check: Small boat deaths and fake image of Andy Burnham running
The total number of recorded arrivals of people crossing the Channel by small boat over the same period was 192,610, suggesting that deaths were equivalent to…
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The Migration Observatory told Full Fact on Monday that it had counted 17 deaths related to small boat crossings so far in 2026, which would be approximately 0.11% of small boat arrivals as of August 2. Talking about small boat crossings in the English Channel in a radio interview on Monday, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed that “almost 1%, one in 100, of people making this journey are dying”.
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The Migration Observatory told Full Fact on Monday that it had counted 17 deaths related to small boat crossings so far in 2026, which would be approximately 0.11% of small boat arrivals as of August 2.
according to Evening StandardTalking about small boat crossings in the English Channel in a radio interview on Monday, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed that “almost 1%, one in 100, of people making this journey are dying”.
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