Sunny weather saw a surge in small boats over the weekend just days after Yvette Cooper pledged millions more to tackle smuggling gangs. Some 592 made the dangerous journey in just 11 vessels ...

More than 1,100 small boat migrants reached Britain in just four days as human traffickers took advantage of calm conditions on the Channel. Latest Home Office figures showed there were 326 ...

Almost 37,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2024. The number of people claiming asylum in the UK during the year to December 2024 was the highest since records began ...

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman insisted this week it would take time to bring down the number of migrants attempting to come to Britain in small boats. “We inherited a system in chaos ...

The highest number arriving in one day in 2025 so far stands at 592 people, who crossed the Channel in 11 boats on March 2. A Home Office spokesperson said: “We all want to end dangerous small ...

The white cliffs of Dover represent the end of a long, dangerous route for tens of thousands of people who travel in small boats across the English Channel. But while they might have reached their ...