5 h. ago French demand more money from Britain before they let their police try to stop migrants boarding small boats to cross the English Channel

Britain already has a deal with France to try and prevent refugees and and migrants from crossing the Channel, but until now, authorities have resisted entering the water themselves.

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4 d. ago Tories brand blaming weather ‘lazy’ as likely days for Channel crossings double

The Government published the statistics after a record number of daily arrivals, as the Conservatives hit out at ministers for blaming the weather.

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50k this year as minister voices ‘frustration’ at French police watching boats go

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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5 d. ago Starmer signals he has duty to stop channel crossings following record weekend

Some 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday, according to Home Office data, the first time daily crossings passed a thousand this year.

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50,000 this year as minister expresses 'frustration' at French police

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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6 d. ago UK calls on France to stop migrants in shallow waters after ‘shocking’ day

Britain records year’s highest number of irregular migrant journeys across English Channel

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6 d. ago Record 1,194 migrants cross Channel in a day as UK urges France to act

France has agreed to change its rules so police can prevent people in the water from getting on to boats, but this has not yet come into effect.

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6 d. ago Migrant rescues in English Channel meant coastguard was too busy to come to aid of stricken yacht

Border Force, RNLI and several French vessels scrambled with the coastguard at around 5am yesterday to deal with reports of 15 small boats attempting to reach UK shores.

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7 d. ago French police stand back and watch as migrant families including small children pack themselves onto small boats heading across the Channel to the UK

It is thought six migrant boats left France in the first attempt to cross the English Channel in days on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Small boats leave France after week of no migrant crossing arrivals

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to crack down on small boat crossings including with measures targeting smuggling gangs.

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9 d. ago Royal Navy tracks Russian vessels in UK waters 'to ensure security of critical sea

Warships and helicopters activated in five-day operation to escort Russian vessels through UK waters

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9 d. ago Russian vessels in UK waters tracked by Royal Navy for second time this month

Warships and helicopters were activated ‘ensure the security and integrity of the UK’s critical sea-lanes’.

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2 w. ago British fishing boat named after famous Prime Minister 'taken prisoner by the French'

The French navy has seized a British fishing boat named after Margaret Thatcher in the English channel, after it was accused of illegally fishing for whelks in the English Channel

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2 w. ago We used to catch hundreds of cod a day. Last year it was just ONE: One fishing family reveal truth about EU monster trawlers that've decimated our waters as Starmer surrenders to foreign fleets

In Britain's fishing heyday, a sturdy red wooden boat called Royal Charlotte ploughed the English Channel to bring home enormous catches of cod for her owners, the Coker family.

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2 w. ago Moment migrant dinghy trying to cross English Channel diverts Dunkirk flotilla of 'Little Ships' as they commemorated legendary WWII evacuation

A fleet commemorating the 85th anniversary of the heroic effort to save Allied soldiers from incoming German troops had to make way for an unlikely guest.

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2 w. ago Busiest day for migrant crossings this year as over 800 make journey across Channel

It comes as new data showed Eritreans have become the most common nationality crossing the English Channel in small boats

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2 w. ago Eritreans now most common nationality of migrants crossing Channel

It is the first time Eritrea has accounted for the largest number of people making the journey per quarter.

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2 w. ago Migrant boat crossing English Channel forces Dunkirk flotilla of 'Little Ships' to divert as they commemorated legendary WWII evacuation

A fleet of 66 vessels set sail from Ramsgate, Kent, to commemorate Operation Dynamo, which saw the 'Little Ships' rescue 300,000 Allied soldiers over 10 days in 1940.

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2 w. ago Child among 2 migrants who died attempting to cross English Channel to Britain in small boat

A woman and a child have died on an attempted illicit overnight sea crossing from France to Britain

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2 w. ago Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

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