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One person dead and 72 rescued from small boat trying to reach UK

It came after 494 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday

The Independent UK

Hundreds of migrants cross Channel after hiatus

Dinghies were arriving in British waters late into the night.

The Independent UK

Teenager accused over Channel crossing ‘was piloting mega dinghy’

Sudanese national Chan Mathok Atak, 19, is accused of endangering another during a journey by sea to the UK.

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Migrants arrive after rowing tiny dinghy across the Channel

The English Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

The Independent UK

‘Mega dinghy’ carrying record number of migrants crosses the English Channel

Refugee charity Care4Calais warned that the Channel crossing route is becoming ‘more and more dangerous’

The Independent UK

‘Mega dinghy’ carrying record 165 migrants at once crossed Channel to UK

The vessel was estimated to be around 13m (42ft) long – the same as a standard bus.

Evening Standard

Small boat Channel crossings continue for second day

Pictures from Dover show men and women wearing life jackets being brought ashore.

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Migrants arrive in UK in first Channel crossings this month

A number of people, including children, were seen disembarking a Border Security Command boat on Wednesday morning in Dover, Kent.

Evening Standard

More than 1,000 migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel during heatwave

Some 1,128 people arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel between Friday and Tuesday, according to Home Office figures

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel amid hot weather

Migrants have made the journey over six consecutive days since Friday.

Evening Standard

London MPs mock Nigel Farage's Reform UK top team after extraordinary public bust-up over immigration

Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf and Treasury lead Robert Jenrick at odds over party’s deportation plans

Evening Standard

Nearly 400 migrants crossed English Channel in small boats on hottest day of year

Pictures show people in lifejackets being led from a Border Security Command vessel in Dover

Evening Standard

First migrants cross English Channel in nearly two weeks

The crossing is the first since May 9.

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Two migrants die in Channel crossing attempt off French coast

They were on a dinghy carrying 82 people, French authorities said.

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The Independent UK

Migrants make crossing to UK after small boats deal clinched with France

More than a dozen people were pictured being brought into the Border Security Command compound in Dover.

The Independent UK

It is time to ask the armed forces for help in solving the migrant crisis

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Royal Navy be deployed to intercept small boats in the Channel is lurid, but it has triggered renewed talk about how service personnel could be deployed to alleviate the situation

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Migrants detected at UK-France border controls ‘fallen substantially’

The UK’s borders watchdog however said the ‘threat of clandestine entry at juxtaposed ports remains high and is unrelenting’.

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‘Ruthless criminals’ caused three migrant deaths in the Channel, says minister

More people arrived in Dover on Sunday after crossing the Channel in small boats, as French authorities reported the deaths of three people.

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Starmer to sign deals with Western Balkans countries to target smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer will sign deals with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to share intelligence and intercept smuggling gangs.

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer to sign deals with Western Balkan nations to target smuggling gangs

Prime Minister will sign deals with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to share intelligence and intercept smuggling gangs

Evening Standard

Government will ‘try to make progress as rapidly as possible’ on small boats

Yvette Cooper said that criminal gangs were the target as the border security command is set to see its funding doubled.

The Independent UK

Starmer to pledge more cash for border command in blitz on small boats

The Prime Minister will use a speech to Interpol to tell the world to ‘wake up to the severity of this challenge’.

Evening Standard

Home Office to use secret number plate cameras across Europe to track migrant smugglers

The automatic number plate recognition cameras will be deployed on routes in Europe suspected of being used by people traffickers

Radio France Internationale

UK uses funds from scrapped Rwanda deportation plan to boost border security

The UK has redirected nearly 90 million euros from the abandoned Rwanda deportation scheme to fund technology and staff as part of the new Border Security Command (BSC) aimed at combatting people-smuggling gangs, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Starmer hails Italy success targeting 'vile' human trafficking trade across the Med at source in North Africa

Britain is seeking to learn from Italy to tackle the ‘small boats’ Channel crisis

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