Home Office figures show that more migrants have crossed the channel this year than in all of 2023.Saturday 26 October 2024 13:53, UK Migrant Crisis Migrant crossings ShareThis is a modal window. Video UnavailableThree people died and dozens of others were rescued when a boat sank in the ...
Migrants attempt Channel crossing 24 hours after 12 killed Less than a day after a makeshift boat was ripped open and capsized off the coast of France, Sky News found a group sitting by a French roadside after their attempt to cross the English Channel had failed. The d...
The 53 people who crossed on Saturday morning identified themselves as Iranian, Iraqi, Kuwaiti, Syrian and Yemeni nationals. Their crossing follows the interception of 52 migrants, including five children, in the same area on Thursday. They have all been brought ashore where they were assessed by...
Britain's new interior minister on Tuesday (4 October) vowed to prevent migrants from claiming asylum if they arrive through an "illegal" route, and stop small boat crossings across the Channel from France. Suella Braverman said the situation, in which criminal gangs were explo...
Alp Mehmet, chairman of the watchdog Migration Watch UK, expressed concern over the Home Office figures, which he said was a sign that Britain's immigration system doesn't work. "This is a shocking failure. It is ridiculous to intercept those crossing the Channel illegally or after they emer...
Volunteers who work with migrants told us there is still a three to four month wait to secure an appointment at a border crossing. Sharyn Alfonsi: So is this a shortcut? Jacqueline Arellano: It's really, like, the only one that they have. I don't even know that ...
The UK has accused the French government of not doing enough to curb the flow of migrants making the dangerous crossing of the English Channel from camps in northern France. Check outThe China Report, our new weekly newsletter. Subscribe here!
The barge, which has capacity to house some 500 people, is part of the British government’s plans to tackle huge costs in housing thousands of asylum-seekers and to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel on unseaworthy small boats to seek a new life in the U.K. Related Storie...
UK, Francesign agreementtotacklemigrants issue 英法签署协议合力解决移民问题 The United KingdomandFrancesigned an agreementon Monday totackletheissueofmigrantstrying toenter the country bycrossingtheEnglish Channelin small boats. 11月14日,英法两国签署协议,合力解决非法移民乘坐小船穿越英吉利海峡入境英国的问...
Despite this, the UK continues to see far fewer boat arrivals and asylum claims than many of its European counterparts. 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...