In total, 36,816 people were registered, according to the British Home Office, which can be compared to just over 29,000 who arrived in 2023, an increase of nearly 25 percent.
Migration was a key political issue in the parliamentary election last summer, when Labour won the majority of seats after 14 years in opposition.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised to try to stop the migration flow by, among other things, "crushing the gangs" of human traffickers who are behind the crossings. Starmer has described the smuggling networks as a "global security threat similar to terrorism".
The number of migrants was, however, much lower in 2024 than in the record year 2022, when 45,774 people arrived on the country's coast in rubber boats.
At least 76 deaths were also registered last year, making it the deadliest year, according to British authorities. According to French officials, at least 5,800 people were rescued at sea and French authorities prevented more than 870 attempts to cross.
On Sunday, three people died when they tried to cross the channel from northern France. The deaths have been confirmed by French authorities.
