23 h. ago Migrants brave icy cold sea to pile onto overloaded dinghy for latest Channel crossing to UK

Dramatic images show dozens of people sitting along the sides of the low-slung boat, many wearing dark clothing and life jackets, as it cut across the grey sea towards Britain.

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6 d. ago Even if net migration reaches zero, voters will not forgive Labour while thousands keep crossing the Channel: STEPHEN GLOVER

What would happen to the prospects of Reform UK if net migration were to dip to almost zero, as some forecasters are saying could happen as soon as the end of this year?

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8 d. ago World Athletics Cross Country Championships TV channel, start time and how to watch

Everything you need to know as the world’s best head to Tallahassee

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1 week ago Alleged small boat migrant first to be charged under new Channel crossings law

The 18-year-old is the first to be charged with the offence and will appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday

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1 week ago Britain's small boat kingpin locked up at last: Turkish gangster who made millions supplying  half of boats in all Channel migrant crossings jailed for 11 years

Adem Savas boasted that he was the 'King of Transport' after becoming the biggest supplier of small boats for migrant crossings in the English Channel..

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1 week ago Afghan migrant, 18, charged with 'endangering' 46 others on Channel crossing

Aman Naseri appeared at Margate Magistrates' Court on Wednesday following the alleged offence on January 5.

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1 week ago Teen charged with endangering others during Channel crossing in UK first

The case is understood to be the first of its kind under newly introduced border security legislation

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1 week ago Britain's most wanted man who supplied half of boats in all Channel migrant crossings jailed for 11 years

Adem Savas boasted that he was the 'King of Transport' after becoming the biggest supplier of small boats for migrant crossings in the English Channel..

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1 week ago Migrants arrive in UK for first time this year after Channel crossing

Pictures show people disembarking a Border Force boat in Dover on Monday, becoming the first to arrive in 2026 amid a cold spell of weather.

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1 week ago Phones to be seized from illegal migrants who arrive in the UK amid crackdown on traffickers

The new powers come as part of government efforts to tackle small-boat Channel crossings and people-smuggling gangs.

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1 week ago Hamas supporter who entered UK illegally in dinghy flaunts Christmas presents online after being released from jail

A HAMAS supporter released from jail after entering Britain illegally in a dinghy is flaunting Christmas presents online from a bail hostel. Palestinian Abu Wadee, 34, was jailed for nine months last year after livestreaming videos of his cross-Channel trip. The Sun revealed he had been a member of a Hamas unit in Gaza. Freed...

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1 week ago Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December.

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1 week ago Illegal migrants face phone seizures and jail as ministers unleash hardline small

MIGRANTS can now have their phones and electronics seized at Dover under new laws. Those who arrive on small boats could now also be prosecuted for supplying items such as engines and putting other people at danger whilst crossing the Channel. Phone seizures, which will help track down those organising the journeys, will begin at...

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2 w. ago One in, one out migrant returns deal with France branded a joke as figures show Britain has accepted more people than it has sent back

So far 193 people who crossed the Channel in small boats have been sent back to France - while 195 asylum-seekers have been allowed to come to the UK legally under the scheme.

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2 w. ago ‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats last year, figures branded “shameful” by the Home Office have revealed.The government said 41,472 people arrived in the UK by crossing the Channel in 2025 – the second highest number on record after 45,774 made the journey in 2022. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Channel crossings soared last year as more than 40,000 migrants arrived by small boat

The total number for 2025 was 13% higher than the year before. Nearly 65,000 migrants have now arrived in the country by small boat since Labour came to power in 2024

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2 w. ago Second highest number of small boat migrants arrived in UK last year: More than 41,000 crossed Channel in 2025

Keir Starmer is also less than 1,000 migrants away from an unwanted record - having the most people cross the Channel in his premiership after less than two years.

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2 w. ago Thousands more migrants risk lives to reach UK in small boats across English Channel

The total number of migrants crossing the Channel to reach the UK in 2025 was 13% higher than the figure for 2024

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2 w. ago Second highest number of Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year.

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2 w. ago Small boat death victims including girl, 8, named as dozens die crossing Channel in 2025

At least 36 people died making the perilous journey from France to the UK in 2025, charities estimate, with an eight-year-old girl among the victims - amid calls to record all small boat deaths

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