French authorities have been accused of giving illegal migrants lifejackets to cross the English Channel, amid damning new claims Britain's small boats crisis is getting worse under Labour.

PA Wire The Government has vowed to crack down on people smuggling and the gangs that facilitate migrant journeys across the English Channel. A Home Office spokesperson said: "We all want to end ...

More than 5,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far in 2025, Home Office data shows. This is the earliest point in the year that crossings have reached that point since recent records ...

A migrant has reportedly died attempting to cross the English Channel after a vessel they were ... as warmer weather and calm ...

GB News' Mark White broke the news on the channel's breakfast show this morning ... hoping to traffick people into the UK due to flatter seas and calmer winds.

The number of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel has reached a new record for the first four months of the year. Some 656 people arrived in 11 small boats on Saturday ...

Migrants cross the English Channel in a small boat in March 2024 A migrant has died after trying to cross the English Channel in an overloaded boat, a day after another person died attempting the ...

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel on Monday (Gareth Fuller/PA) More migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English ...

The crossing may be "a bit choppy", Captain Andrew Simons warns a dozen of his passengers waiting in the French port of ...

A migrant has died after getting into difficulty while trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard has said. A rescue operation was launched after reports that a group of people ...