68 h. ago ‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago BBC Question Time came to dramatic halt as Donald Trump issues threat at Elon Musk

Question Time, hosted in Llandudno, in north Wales, on Thursday, saw the panel discuss the new 20mph speed limits in Wales and the rise in the number of illegal boat crossings - but the show was interrupted for 'breaking news'

Events

6 d. ago World Boxing send Imane Khelif apology after announcing sex test rule change

World Boxing have apologised for naming Olympic gold medallist Imane Khelif directly as the governing body announced it will introduce mandatory sex testing for boxers

Politics

7 d. ago Afghan men jailed for piloting boatload of 70 migrants across the Channel

Shah Salim Sajjadi, 38, and Safiollah Mohammadi, 25, were detained after the packed dinghy arrived onshore in Dover on May 21.

Events

7 d. ago Home Office accused of 'dog ate my homework' excuse as it blames good weather for record migrant crossings

Home Office report links the mild, calm start to 2025 to the dramatic rise in small boat crossings

Society

8 d. ago Starmer issues warning after record number of small boat channel crossings in one day

Sir Keir Starmer has reiterated that‘‘nobody should be crossing the channel”, a day after a record number of migrants made the journey.

Events

9 d. ago Watch: Migrants cling to overloaded small boat as over 1,000 cross Channel in one day

Scores of migrants were filmed clinging to dangerously overloaded small boats on Saturday (31 March) on Saturday morning, as over 1,000 reportedly crossed the Channel in a single day.

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9 d. ago Sir Keir Starmer has 'lost control of Britain's borders' after almost 1,200 small boat migrants cross the Channel in single day

One of Sir Keir's senior cabinet ministers admitted the latest Channel scenes were 'pretty shocking' as a surge in dinghy crossings overwhelmed French and UK border patrol vessels.

Events

1 week 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.

Events

2 w. ago Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support

Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send systemHundreds of thousands of children with special needs could lose their legal entitlement to extra support in schools in England under plans being considered by ministers, a move that campaigners warn could force thousands more pupils out of mainstream education.The reforms relate to education, health and care plans (EHCPs), statutory documents families have relied on for more than a decade to guarantee their children’s right to support for conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and mental health issues. Continue reading...

Politics

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.

Events

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

Events

2 w. 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 w. 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 w. 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 w. 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.

Events

3 w. 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

Events

3 w. 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

3 w. 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

Events

3 w. 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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