Dozens of small boat migrants have been intercepted in the English Channel during a busy morning for Border Force and lifeboat teams today. A group could be seen getting off Border Force boat ...

A migrant has died trying to cross the English Channel, it is understood. The RNLI confirmed it had launched its all-weather lifeboat and a group of migrants were brought to Dover in a Border ...

There have been 8,064 arrivals so far in 2025, including 656 on Saturday, according to provisional Home Office figures.

Migrants who have successfully crossed the English Channel to the UK are encouraging friends and family in France to follow suit, with several saying they are keen to cash in on Britain’s ...

They accounted for a fifth of the almost 7,000 migrants who have made the journey ... have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far in 2025, according to latest Home Office ...

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BRITAIN’S ability to stop ­illegal migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats depends on bad ­weather, the Home Secretary admitted yesterday. Yvette Cooper said smuggling gangs are ...

Migrants have been brought ashore in the UK after crossing the English Channel. Pictures show people wearing life jackets disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday. The latest ...

Migrants have been brought ashore in the UK after crossing the English Channel. Pictures show people wearing life jackets disembarking from Border Force and RNLI boats in Dover on Tuesday.