18 h. ago People smugglers are turning to Chinese and Vietnamese encrypted apps to get small boat migrants across the Channel, head of Britain's FBI warns

The National Crime Agency has warned smugglers cannot be entirely stopped from using social media to advertise journeys across the Channel.

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32 h. ago Channel small boat migrants top 30,000 since Labour came to power, as Tories accuse PM Sir Keir Starmer of 'betraying the British public'

There were scores of migrant arrivals in Dover this morning after UK Border Force vessels intercepted dinghies in the middle of the English Channel.

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44 h. ago Channel small boat migrants poised to top 30,000 since Labour came to power, as Tories accuse PM Sir Keir Starmer of 'betraying the British public'

There were scores of migrant arrivals in Dover this morning after UK Border Force vessels intercepted dinghies in the middle of the English Channel.

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2 w. ago Labour considers sending migrants to ‘overseas hubs’ in Balkans

Conservatives said the idea showed prime minister Keir Starmer was wrong to cancel scrapped Rwanda scheme before it even started

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2 w. ago Migrant drowns in the Channel while trying to reach Britain as return of warm weather sees first small boat crossings in eight days

A migrant has died this morning while trying to cross the English Channel. 

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3 w. ago Palestinian Channel boat migrant allowed into UK despite calling on God to 'kill all Jews' and posing with guns is arrested

EXCLUSIVE: Abu Wadee, who is believed to be in his 30s, was held by Immigration Enforcement officers on suspicion of entering the UK illegally.

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