Labour and the Conservatives have traded blows over migration as figures confirmed more than 150,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in the last seven years.Boxing Day saw 407 people make the journey in 10 boats, according to Home Office figures published on Friday, while photographs suggested more people had made the crossing on December 27.Combined with the 451 people who crossed the Channel on Christmas Day, that brought the total since January 1 2018 to 150,243 - equivalent to

Labour and the Conservatives have traded blows over migration as figures confirmed more than 150,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats in the last seven years.Boxing Day saw 407 people make the journey in 10 boats, according to Home Office figures published on Friday, while photographs suggested more people had made the crossing on December 27.Combined with the 451 people who crossed the Channel on Christmas Day, that brought the total since January 1 2018 to 150,243 - equivalent to the population of Cambridge.