Man wielding knife threatens migrants and boards small boat bound for UK Some 263 migrants arrived in the UK on Thursday, the Home Office said. Evening Standard · 17h ago
Almost 265 Channel migrants arrive in UK after three-week hiatus A boat that launched from Belgium on Thursday was reportedly coloured red, white and green with a golden sun emblem of the Kurdish flag. Evening Standard · 18h ago
Violence, intimidation and fear: 10 years on from the ‘Jungle’, life in Calais migrant camps is harsher than ever People living in tents in northern France hoping to find asylum in England face increasing intimidation from police and far-right agitators The Guardian - UK · Oct 24
People smugglers now ‘using bigger boats to make riskier journeys across the Channel’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Oct 21
Only a matter of time until mass casualty event in Channel, border chief warns Major General Duncan Capps, the Home Office’s border security commander, said there are now almost 3,800 people in French camps waiting to make the Channel crossing The Independent UK · Oct 21
Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters French government investigating why cars funded by UK to prevent asylum seekers crossing Channel were used in school protests The Guardian - UK · Oct 17
French anti-riot police to patrol beaches to stop small boat crossings to UK New data shows 50,000 UK crossing attempts stopped since 2024 election The Independent UK · Oct 13
Nigel Farage rows back on Jenrick’s claim that Reform would let Navy use ‘lethal force’ against migrants Mr Jenrick had earlier on Monday claimed that a Reform government would let the Royal Marines use ‘lethal force’ against migrants crossing the Channel without permission The Independent UK · Oct 13
'Illegal and disgusting:' Defence minister slams Robert Jenrick's suggestion Royal Navy should shoot migrant boats in Channel Defence Minister Luke Pollard described the remarks as ‘illegal and disgusting’ Evening Standard · Oct 13
Is there a different way to fix the small boats crisis? As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The Guardian - UK · Oct 11
Virgin unveils its future cross-Channel train as it gears up to take on Eurostar Group plans to launch services from London in 2030 and hopes to outshine competitor with design inspiration from its airline, cruise and hotel arms The Guardian - UK · Oct 9
Small boats ‘set for people smugglers’ seized at UK airport The dinghies could have transported as many as 1,700 migrants, averaging roughly 68 passengers per boat The Independent UK · Oct 6
Home Secretary Says Almost Every Woman in Northern France Awaiting UK Crossing Has 'Probably Been Raped' Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said women attempting to cross the Channel from northern France may have suffered abuse, while rejecting far-right support and defending protest-related arrests. International Business Times UK · Oct 6
Two dead as French authorities respond to two separate migrant boat incidents Downing Street insisted progress was being made in tackling the small boat crisis in the English Channel. Evening Standard · Oct 5
The Guardian - UK · Oct 5 Two people die trying to cross Channel as anti-migrant protesters clash with police in Gosport French authorities say two men, one in his 30s and another in his 40s, died during overnight crossing
The Independent UK · Oct 4 UK authorities prepare as migrant dinghy heads for south coast from Normandy Departures from as far west as Normandy have been rare in recent years
Evening Standard · Oct 2 Fact check: Small boat crossings and viral Nato video Round-up of fact checks from the last few days compiled by Full Fact.
Radio France Internationale · Oct 1 Paris court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel A Paris court has found six men guilty of manslaughter over the deaths of 27 people in the Channel in 2021 – the worst mass drowning on record involving migrants in the narrow waterway separating France and Britain.
The Independent UK · Sep 30 13 sentenced in Paris over 2021 English Channel boat sinking that killed 31 Thirteen people have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel nearly five years ago
France 24 · Sep 30 UK-France 'one in, one out' migrant exchange deal is scrapped A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break the business model of "people smugglers" by exchanging undocumented migrants who had made the crossing for people who…
The Independent UK · Sep 30 UK-France deal aimed at reducing number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats is scrapped The U.K. government has scrapped a pilot program with France designed to curb migrant crossings in the English Channel
The Independent UK · Sep 30 UK-France ‘one in, one out’ Channel migrant deal ends – what it means IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30 French court jails six men for manslaughter over mass drowning in Channel Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more still missing
Radio France Internationale · Sep 30 France and UK scrap migrant exchange deal after one-year trial A year-old deal between France and Britain to return migrants crossing the Channel illegally on small boats has come to an end, the UK interior ministry said Wednesday.