8 h. ago Vile social media ads offer 'jet boat' Channel crossings as Labour pledges jail terms

Home Office minister Mike Tapp said smugglers will face years behind bars in a clampdown on using social media to promote small boat crossings after 10,000 ads were removed in a year

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31 h. ago Fugitive migrant who fled to Britain after sexually assaulting girl, 15, in Germany and moved into taxpayer

While facing the threat of imprisonment in Germany, Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman - who left Syriaafter being shot in the foot - crossed the Channel by boat.

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1 week ago Alleged small boat migrant first to be charged under new Channel crossings law

The 18-year-old is the first to be charged with the offence and will appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Friday

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2 w. ago Phones to be seized from illegal migrants who arrive in the UK amid crackdown on traffickers

The new powers come as part of government efforts to tackle small-boat Channel crossings and people-smuggling gangs.

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2 w. ago Second highest number of small boat migrants arrived in UK last year: More than 41,000 crossed Channel in 2025

Keir Starmer is also less than 1,000 migrants away from an unwanted record - having the most people cross the Channel in his premiership after less than two years.

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2 w. ago Small boat death victims including girl, 8, named as dozens die crossing Channel in 2025

At least 36 people died making the perilous journey from France to the UK in 2025, charities estimate, with an eight-year-old girl among the victims - amid calls to record all small boat deaths

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4 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Busy night of small boat journeys amid record day for arrivals

More than 41,000 people have now made the dangerous small boats journey this year, after a record day of activity for a December on Saturday

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4 w. ago How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Busy night of small boat journeys after record day for arrivals

More than 41,000 people have now made the dangerous small boats journey this year, after a record day of activity for a December on Saturday

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last month Anas Sarwar blasts Reform UK mayoral candidate over 'vile' social media posts

Sarwar is among a number of politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds, including the SNP's Humza Yousaf, targeted by Reform's Chris Parry.

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