66 h. 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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68 h. 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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3 d. ago Send it bark! Taxpayers 'paid for small boat migrant's DOG to be kept in a kennel to quarantine' after crossing the Channel

The German Shepherd crossed the Channel in a dingy packed with migrants, in what is believed to have be the first case of its kind.

Economics

3 d. ago Send it bark! Taxpayers 'paid for small boat migrant's DOG to be kept in a kennel to quarantine' after crossing the Channel 

The German Shepherd crossed the Channel in a dingy packed with migrants, in what is believed to have be the first case of its kind.

Economics

3 d. ago People smuggler 'ruthlessly' exploited migrants in £12m boat crossing operation from his London home

Ahmed Ebid is believed to be the first person convicted of organising boat crossings across the Mediterranean from the UK

Economics

3 d. ago People smuggler who 'ruthlessly' exploited migrants in £12m boat crossing operation jailed

Ahmed Ebid is believed to be the first person convicted of organising boat crossings across the Mediterranean from the UK.

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3 d. ago Man who helped smuggle thousands of migrants into Europe jailed for 25 years

Egyptian-born Ahmed Ebid, 42, helped organise the movement of nearly 3,800 migrants in a £12 million illegal boat crossing operation

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3 d. ago People smuggler who ‘managed’ £12m boat crossings jailed for 25 years

Ahmed Ebid is believed to be the first person convicted of organising boat crossings across the Mediterranean from the UK.

Economics

4 d. ago 1 person dies when a boat overloaded with migrants sinks in the English Channel

One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel

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5 d. ago Migrant dies trying to cross Channel after 'overloaded' small boat sinks

More than 60 people pulled from the water after boat broke up

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5 d. ago Migrant dies after small boat sinks while trying to cross the Channel

The disaster unfolded at around 3am on Monday following a Mayday call to the Gris-Nez rescue centre on France 's northern coast.

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5 d. ago One dead after small boat carrying migrants capsizes in Channel crossing attempt

Dozens rescued from freezing waters off northern France after vessel breaks apart near Boulogne-sur-Mer

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6 d. ago After being exposed by the Mail on Sunday... Ruthless people

Alket Dauti led a vile gang that smuggled hundreds of illegal migrants from Belgium inside refrigerated lorries, masterminding the operation from his British base

Politics

9 d. ago Radical asylum change could send small boat crossings plummeting, report claims

A former advisor to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has called on the UK and French governments to copy measures Joe Biden brought in to tackle dangerous migration

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1 week ago English Channel migrant boat blaze leaves one dead and seven injured when motor catches fire during crossing

Around 60 men, woman and children had to be rescued off the coast of northern France early this morning after a fire broke out on their boat.

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1 week ago Major law change demanded to shed light on Channel and asylum deaths

MPs have called for the Home Office to have a legal duty to announce the number of deaths in the asylum system and in the Channel during small boat crossings

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2 w. ago Reform UK councillor in hot water as calls to suspend him over 'Hitler' post ramp up

Joel Tetlow said he didn't mean 'any disrespect' when he compared small boat crossings in the Channel to Adolf Hitler invading European countries, but there are calls for him to be suspended

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3 w. ago Channel migrant crossings in April more than DOUBLE same month last year, as 2025 small boat tally passes 11,000

Home Office figures published today showed there were 4,432 arrivals in April compared with 2,132 the same month last year, a 108 per cent increase.

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3 w. ago £12m Rangers record breaker wants manager job but throws hat in ring for other Ibrox role if he can't get it

Tore Andre Flo once cost Rangers £12m but has some unfinished business at Ibrox

Society

3 w. 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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