10 h. ago Sedated children put onto small boats before Channel crossings by sick smugglers

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby told MPs that prosecutors have found children are being sedated before small boat Channel crossings to make them more 'compliant'

Politics

13 h. ago Small boat smugglers sedating children for crossings, says solicitor general

Lucy Rigby said she has been told by the Crown Prosecution Service that gangs were dosing children to make them more cooperative.

Politics

15 h. ago Voices: Should Britain introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal migration? Join The Independent Debate

The government is weighing up digital ID cards to curb illegal migration and fraud – but critics warn they could create a surveillance state

Events

34 h. ago Iraqi asylum seeker 'raped and sexually assaulted woman' in London hostel after illegally crossing Channel on boat

Iraqi national Yousif Al-Maliki, 30, who is currently living at the Peckham Lodge Hotel has been accused of attacking a woman at the Astor Hostel in South Kensington.

Events

36 h. ago Small boat arrivals in Britain see quietest August in four years

Despite small boat crossings continuing between France and UK shores, last month was the quietest August since the world was dealing with the Covid pandemic

Politics

36 h. ago Have Your Say: Will digital ID cards help tackle small boat crossings?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking into digital identification cards in a big to crackdown on small boat crossings - and we’ve asked Mirror readers to have their say on the proposals

Politics

41 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer considers digital ID cards in crackdown on small boat migrants

Sir Keir Starmer chaired a cabinet meeting as he looked into plans to introduce digital ID cards to tackle illegal immigration

Politics

49 h. ago Labour's big idea is ID cards for ALL: Blair wanted them years ago and now

Keir Starmer told the Cabinet he would be 'exploring options around digital ID' as part of a wider package of reforms designed to make it harder for illegal migrants to live and work in this country.

Politics

53 h. ago Keir Starmer weighs up compulsory ID cards to stop small boats

Keir Starmer is weighing up bringing in digital ID cards in a bid to tackle illegal working, No10 suggested - as he vowed to go 'further and faster' on shutting asylum hotels

Politics

57 h. ago Starmer pushes digital ID cards for ALL after Macron demands action to tackle scourge of illegal working in Britain

Keir Starmer told the Cabinet he would be 'exploring options around digital ID' as part of a wider package of reforms designed to make it harder for illegal migrants to live and work in this country.

Politics

59 h. ago Labour’s asylum crackdown may fuel small boat crossings, British Red Cross warns

The charity warned families will face ‘harsh choices’ after the home secretary announced a pause on new applications from refugees wanting to bring their loved ones to the UK

Events

60 h. ago Cooper’s family reunion crackdown may fuel small boat crossings, British Red Cross warns

The charity warned families will face ‘harsh choices’ after the home secretary announced a pause on new applications from refugees wanting to bring their loved ones to the UK

Events

63 h. ago Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

Events

4 d. ago Small boat crossings to UK in August fall to lowest level since 2019

Home secretary to hail decline as evidence that Labour’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ is having effect

Politics

5 d. ago Church of England’s most senior bishop accuses Nigel Farage of ‘kneejerk’ response to migrant crisis

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell says Reform UK leader is not offering a solution to the ‘big issues’ which lead to the small boat crossings

Events

6 d. ago Should ITV have pushed back on Rylan Clark's migrant comments? Take our poll and have your say

We want to know your thoughts after Rylan Clark provoked angry backlash with his rant about small boat crossings on ITV's This Morning - have your say by voting in our poll

Events

6 d. ago Rylan Clark's ITV This Morning migrant rant wrong on three points after backlash

The Mirror has fact-checked Rylan Clark's claims about migration after he provoked an angry backlash for a rant about small boat crossings on ITV's This Morning

Events

1 week ago Three young sisters 'are found dead on overcrowded migrant boat' on crossing that has killed more than 30,000

Three young sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a German non-profit organisation has reported.

Events

2 w. ago Migrant returns deal struck with Iraq in latest bid to deter small boat Channel crossings

The agreement signed during a visit to the UK by Iraq’s deputy prime minister will allow for the ‘swift’ return of failed asylum seekers.

Economics

2 w. ago UK secures deal with Iraq to tackle Channel small boat crossings

Iraqi’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the Higher Returns Committee signed an agreement to ensure quick returns for those with no legal right to be in the UK

Economics