A boat got into trouble off the Kent coast while carrying 47 people on December 14 2022. Events
The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves Continue reading... Events
Question Time, hosted in Llandudno, in north Wales, on Thursday, saw the panel discuss the new 20mph speed limits in Wales and the rise in the number of illegal boat crossings - but the show was interrupted for 'breaking news' Events
Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, and Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, were detained after the packed dinghy arrived onshore in Dover on May 21. Events
Home Office report links the mild, calm start to 2025 to the dramatic rise in small boat crossings Society
Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that‘‘nobody should be crossing the channel”, a day after a record number of migrants made the journey. Events
Scores of migrants were filmed clinging to dangerously overloaded small boats on Saturday (31 March) on Saturday morning, as over 1,000 reportedly crossed the Channel in a single day. Events
One of Sir Keir's senior cabinet ministers admitted the latest Channel scenes were 'pretty shocking' as a surge in dinghy crossings overwhelmed French and UK border patrol vessels. Events
