Labour plan 'not likely to stop small boats' Nearly 500 migrants cross Channel in small boats on one day Rubber boat 'slashed by French police' A man from South Sudan, who called himself Marco, said the rubber boat they expected to use had been slashed by the French...
This came only hours after the UK's latest effort to send some migrants on a one-way ticket to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament.
The 27 migrants drowned when their dinghy deflated as they made the dangerous crossing across some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. The bodies were first spotted by a fishing boat. So far, only one victim, a Kurdish woman from northern Iraq, had been named in British media. Maryam ...
The 25-day period of no small boats includes Christmas 2023 - which wasthe first without any migrant crossingsin five years. Prime MinisterRishi Sunakhas made stopping the boats one of his key pledges, but he was dealt a blow last week when leaked figures revealed the num...
Earlier this year the RNLI saw a large spike in donations after the charity’s chief executive defended its role in rescuing people crossing the English Channel, describing it as “humanitarian work”. It came after the charity said it had faced heightened criticism for rescuing migrants, with ...
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Now, throwing around words like ‘invasion’ when talking about immigrants – many of them coming here in difficult circumstances – is deeply unpleasant. It’s up there with David Cameron’s description of illegal migrants as ‘a swarm’. No one’s understanding of the issue is helped by th...
But twelve years ago a controlled and organised camp for Calais migrants, run by the Red Cross, was closed down. Sangatte was designed to hold 900 refugees who had travelled to the area in the hope of making a crossing to Britain. The camp opened in 1997. In the three years since ...
Immigration Minister Chris Philp said he will meet French counterparts next week to work “to stop these illegal migrants from getting in the water in the first place”. But he also wrote in the Telegraph that “we need to intercept those who manage to leave France” ...
Meanwhile, 395 migrants arrived in the UK on seven boats after crossing the Channel on Friday, according to UK authorities. Some of those arriving were pictured wearing life jackets as they were brought to shore at Dover on a Border Force vessel. ...