{"id":84408,"date":"2026-02-02T16:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=84408"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:54:18","slug":"migrant-crossings-hit-five-year-low-in-stormy-january-as-new-arrivals-spotted-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/02\/migrant-crossings-hit-five-year-low-in-stormy-january-as-new-arrivals-spotted-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant crossings hit five-year low in stormy January &#8211; as new arrivals spotted in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1Vv8cW.img?w=534&amp;h=300&amp;m=6\" alt=\"A group of people, thought to be migrants, disembark from a Border Force vessel in Ramsgate, Kent. Pic: PA\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The English Channel had its quietest January for migrant crossings in five years as Storm Chandra and other bad weather lashed the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/migrant-crossings-hit-five-year-low-in-stormy-january-as-new-arrivals-spotted-in-kent\/ar-AA1Vv0YG?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6980bbde35bf4af385e02fb980a48b5d&amp;ei=17\">Read More<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The English Channel had its quietest January for migrant crossings in five years as Storm Chandra and other bad weather lashed the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/migrant-rescue.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84409,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84408\/revisions\/84409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}