49 h. ago First ‘one in, one out’ deportation flight reportedly takes off without migrants

Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challengeThe first flight to France carrying people who crossed the Channel under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal has not taken place as planned, according to reports.A small group of individuals were removed from an Air France flight on Monday due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge, according to multiple newspaper reports. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The forgotten town on the frontline of Britain's migrant crisis: How locals in Dover have been left behind by the small boats war

The Dover coastline is a key arrival point for Channel crossings and with more than 182,000 people reaching England since the migrant crisis began.

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4 d. ago ‘I’ve seen at first hand that stopping the boats is an impossible task – no matter how much money we throw at it’

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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4 d. ago ‘I’ve seen firsthand that stopping the boats is an impossible task – no matter how much money we throw at it’

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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7 d. ago Nothing sensible ‘off the table’ to tackle Channel crossings – Attorney General

Lord Hermer said that in dealing with small boats ‘nothing sensible or practical or effective will be off the table’.

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7 d. ago UK to tackle Channel crossings and immigration system in ‘British way’

Lord Hermer said in dealing with small boats ‘nothing sensible or practical or effective will be off the table’.

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7 d. ago Three people, including two children, die in English Channel

Two children are believed to be among those who died in the latest Channel crossing tragedy, according to reports.

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7 d. ago Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours

Number of attempts to cross Channel has been particularly high for several days, say French authoritiesFour people including two children have died in two separate incidents while trying to cross the Channel to the UK in the last 24 hours, while three others are missing in a third incident.On Tuesday night off the coast of Sangatte, France, three people lost their lives while travelling on a dinghy with 38 people onboard. Three others are missing after an incident in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France, on a boat with 115 people onboard. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Two children among three migrants dead in Channel crossing off French coast

Another three people are believed to be missing after the incident off the coast of Pas-de-Calais

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7 d. ago 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel from France

Local authorities in France have reported that three migrants died while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France

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7 d. ago ‘Two children among dead’ after English Channel crossing attempt

Officials say the three people were likely killed after being crushed at the bottom of a packed boat

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7 d. ago Two children among three dead in small boat disaster: Tragedy after 38 migrants attempted to cross English Channel to the UK in one dinghy

Two children are among three people to have died in the English Channel overnight in a small boat tragedy, French authorities report.

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8 d. ago Woman dies trying to cross Channel on small boat after 'catastrophic deflation'

The dinghy suffered what authorities have described as a 'catastrophic deflation' 10 miles off the coast of Dover at around 12.30pm on Tuesday.

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9 d. ago ‘They just want a better life’: the UK households who host asylum seekers

The charity Refugees at Home helps volunteers with a spare room to lend take in people who have sought refugeUK politics live – latest updates“It’s heartbreaking for me, I don’t understand people putting up the flag,” said Mohammad, who crossed the Channel almost four years ago, desperate to escape persecution. Back then it was rare to see St George’s cross flags as frequently as he does driving around now. The flags are seen as divisive and dangerous in a climate of anti-migrant protests where political discourse is fixated on deportations, small boats and threats to withdraw the UK from human rights frameworks. It has left individuals who have sought refuge in the UK feeling anxious, upset and fearing repercussions.“Immigrants, they just want to have a better life. If our country was safe, was all right, we would never leave,” said Mohammad, who asked to use only his first name fearing reprisals. After facing persecution as a practising Christian in Shia-majority Iran, Mohammad le...

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1 week ago UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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1 week ago New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

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1 week ago English Channel crossings pass 30,000 arrivals in record time

It is the latest milestone to be reached after record numbers of people made the dangerous journey so far this year.

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1 week ago Inside Brookside legend Suzanne Collins' life as Nikki Shadwick set to return

Soap legend Suzanne Collins is reprising her role as Nikki Shadwick in Channel 4 soap Brookside for a special crossover episode to mark Hollyoaks' 30th anniversary

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1 week ago 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in ONE DAY in fresh humiliation for Keir Starmer

The figure is the biggest daily total since May, in which more than 1,195 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day.

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1 week ago Shabana Mahmood expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels to barracks

New home secretary is expected to unveil plans to use military sites as Labour seeks to harden immigration policyShabana Mahmood is expected to unveil plans to move asylum seekers from hotels into military barracks as Labour seeks to harden its immigration policy amid rising numbers of crossings in the channel.The new home secretary is reportedly set to announce the use of Ministry of Defence sites to house people after a wave of protests outside migrant accommodation over the summer. Continue reading...

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