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Nearly 1,000 migrants cross Channel in two days after three-week pause

Some 671 people in nine boats made the journey to Britain on Friday, when footage captured a man wielding a knife as he threatened migrants.

Evening Standard · 13h ago

Nearly 1,000 migrants cross Channel to the UK in two days after three-week pause

Some 671 people in nine boats made the journey to Britain on Friday

The Independent UK · 13h ago

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 · Oct 30

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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 · Oct 30

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’

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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

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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

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International Business Times 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.

Evening Standard · Oct 5

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.

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

Migrants arrive in Gosport as protesters gather at marina

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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

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