4 h. ago Number of Channel migrant crossings this year exceeds 10,000

More than 200 people made the journey, with one boat seen arriving in Dover carrying around 50 migrants.

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6 h. ago Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

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10 h. ago Channel crossings by migrants near 10,000 as warm spell begins

Some 9,885 people had been logged as making the journey from France as of Sunday, according to provisional Home Office figures for 2025

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1 week ago Part of Dover Port taped off amid police investigation after small boat migrant dies in Good Friday tragedy on the English Channel

Officials brought a body ashore at the Port of Dover after Border Force responded to an incident aboard a migrant dinghy mid-crossing.

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1 week ago Migrant dies after medical emergency on small boat in English Channel

The death comes after more than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Record migrant crossings for 2025 as over 8,000 make small boats English Channel journey so far

A new record has been set with 8,064 migrants coming to the UK in small boats in the first four months of 2025

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3 w. ago Mum of toddler, 2, in migrant camp says Channel dinghy journey is about 'life or death'

Juliana was seven months pregnant when she made the decision to leave Uganda - her daughter Clara has no idea of the risks she has taken to try and find an existence for them both

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