11 h. ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Labour's small boats boast is risible and takes voters for fools

The Government announced that no small boats had crossed the Channel for the previous 28 days - the longest period without illegal migrants making the journey for seven years.

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20 h. ago Small boat crossings resume after longest pause in migrants arriving for seven years

Before this weekend, no-one had crossed the Channel for 28 days, according to the latest Home Office data

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21 h. ago Here they come again! Small boat migrants set out for UK once more after 28

Footage taken in the middle of the night shows a packed boat full of over 100 migrants leaving France, and some swimming to make the leaving vessel.

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21 h. ago Channel crossings begin on Saturday after longest pause in seven years

Before the weekend, no vessels had reached the English coast for 28 days, according to Home Office figures.

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5 d. ago Migrants are 'being offered free Channel crossings if they smuggle heroin into Britain'

The scale of the problem is not known, but the new report suggests that some of the thousands of people travelling to the UK via the Channel are being used to create a new drug supply route.

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6 d. ago UK asylum policy causes more violence and deaths, say rights groups

Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report findsThe UK’s policy to stop asylum seekers from crossing the Channel in small boats has led to an increase in violence, deaths and smuggler control, but has not deterred arrivals, according to a report by human rights organisations.The 176-page report from Humans for Rights Network, includes contributions from 17 refugee and human rights organisations operating in northern France and six in the UK. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Asylum seeker who entered illegally on small boat twice is hit with 7 word statement from judge

A asylum seeker has been jailed after crossing the channel on a small boat on two separate occasions

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3 w. ago British vigilantes film themselves smashing migrant boat engines on French beaches to stop crossings

VIGILANTES who led the push to cover our streets in Union flags have filmed themselves smashing small boat engines hidden on French beaches.  The Raise the Colours activists are trying to stop would-be migrants from crossing the Channel.  In their latest clip, they dig up a dinghy engine buried in the dunes by people smugglers.  They can be heard...

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3 w. ago French police plan to use nets to stop small boats ‘risks turning Channel into a graveyard’

France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

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3 w. ago French police 'will use nets to intercept migrants trying to cross the Channel' despite fears tactic will lead to deaths

The drastic new method comes as more than 39,000 migrants have reached Britain this year in flimsy dinghies, piling pressure on Paris to stop departures from its northern beaches.

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3 w. ago French police to use nets to stop small boat migrants crossing Channel

New tactics to stop boats set to be introduced despite warnings there is ‘no way’ to carry out such manoeuvres safely

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3 w. ago UK government poised to overhaul its asylum system as a political storm brews over migration

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel

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4 w. ago French sportswear giant raking in fortune selling life jackets to illegal migrants trying to cross Channel

FRENCH sport store giant Decathlon is raking in a fortune selling life jackets to illegal migrants preparing to cross the Channel. The chain's superstore at Dunkirk-sur-Mer has been swamped with refugees from across the globe preparing to board small boats to the UK. But bosses are refusing to halt booming sales of fluorescent orange £11...

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4 w. ago BBC Saturday Kitchen star pauses live show for 'amazing' announcement

A Saturday Kitchen star received a huge surprise during the latest live show

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