English Channel

According to Home Office figures, 3,208 migrants crossed the English Channel in 2024 to date, the highest total for the same period over the last six years.

Last year, the Home Office and the Border Force recorded close to 30,000 migrants crossing the English Channel ...

Over 2,000 migrants arrived by small boat this year, down 32 percent on the same time last year, ...

An illegal immigrant has been jailed for manslaughter after piloting a dinghy that sank in the English Channel ...

The deal will see increased cooperation between Border Force and Frontex, including collaborations on training, operations, and the ...

On Dec. 14, 2022 a dinghy sank in the English Channel and four illegal immigrants drowned. Now the ...

The government has defended its Rwanda bill, which would see illegal migrants sent to the African country, from ...

Another 2 people remain in critical condition, French authorities say. The tragedy came ahead of crunch votes in ...

Despite the number of small boat crossings in the English Channel going down in 2023, the percentage who ...

A report said the UK's rescue effort has been hampered by 'poor visibility,' and it was hard for ...

The sentencing guidance was made by senior judges after a Turkish national intercepted in the English Channel with ...

Four people have been charged with manslaughter by French authorities after at least six people drowned during an ...

More than 1,000 illegal immigrants arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in two days, taking ...

There is no clear basis for the UK to accept thousands of asylum applications from Albanian citizens, a ...

Rishi Sunak says the British government has bought or rented three barges to house up to 1,500 illegal ...

The Home Office is set to launch an ad campaign aimed at deterring Albanians from crossing the English ...

Most illegal immigrants arriving in the UK by small boats who were detained for removal have claimed they ...

LONDON—An alleged people trafficker who was arrested by British police in connection with the deaths of 27 illegal ...

The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling illegal ...

A British minister has attacked the “humanitarian nimbyism” practised by politicians who rhetorically welcome refugees but then fail ...

The Illegal Migration Bill risks breaching the UK’s international obligations to protect human rights and exposes people to ...

Small boat crossings in the English Channel have begun to surge again with 1,106 illegal immigrants arriving on ...

The UK government has unveiled plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in disused military bases, a move ...

Britain is prepared to consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if it prevents the government ...

A bill intended to crackdown on illegal immigration in the English Channel has cleared its first hurdle in ...

The UK will pay France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up ...

Preventing illegal immigrants from reaching Britain’s shores in small boats is a priority for the British people, Prime ...