BIZARRE: 27 - What They Never Told You

Six Arrested After Migrants' Bodies Found On French Beach

Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday.

International Business Times · Feb 10, 2025

Overcrowded Migrant Boat Sinks in Channel as Women and Toddler Are Miraculously Rescued

A small boat carrying 57 migrants, including four women and a toddler, sank off the coast of Calais on Sunday, leaving one individual hospitalized.

The Fashion Central · Feb 10, 2025

Minister defends publishing raids footage in illegal worker arrests crackdown

Dame Angela Eagle said it is important to show what the Government is doing as it announced thousands of illegal workers were arrested since July.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

Planned UK people-smuggling laws risk ‘criminalising’ asylum seekers, charities say

Bill could mean asylum seekers crossing the Channel who refuse rescue may face five years in prison

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

UK Unveils 'Counter-terror Style' Police Powers To Stop Migrants

The UK government introduced legislation Thursday designed to give law enforcement officials "counter-terror style powers" to break up gangs bringing irregular migrants across the Channel in flimsy boats.

International Business Times · Jan 30, 2025

Up to one in 12 people living in London is an illegal migrant, according to report

Sixty percent of undocumented migrants in UK said to be residing in London

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Three men who drowned trying to cross Channel were ‘unlawfully killed’

Coroner’s conclusion follows Ibrahima Bah’s conviction for gross negligence manslaughter over dinghy sinking in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Migrant Channel crossings top 1,000 for year so far

The latest arrivals mark a new record since the crisis began in 2018.

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Nazi-obsessed terrorist given life sentence for Worcestershire attack on asylum seeker

Callum Parslow said he was ‘angry and frustrated’ about Channel crossings when he stabbed young man at a hotel

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

Trio jailed over conspiracy to smuggle migrants across the English Channel

Canterbury Crown Court heard the vessels were ‘beset with boat failures’ during the attempts in August 2018.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025