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Migrants arrive in UK in first Channel crossings this month

A number of people, including children, were seen disembarking a Border Security Command boat on Wednesday morning in Dover, Kent.

Evening Standard · Jul 8

More than 1,000 migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel during heatwave

Some 1,128 people arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel between Friday and Tuesday, according to Home Office figures

The Independent UK · May 27

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel amid hot weather

Migrants have made the journey over six consecutive days since Friday.

Evening Standard · May 27

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London MPs mock Nigel Farage's Reform UK top team after extraordinary public bust-up over immigration

Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf and Treasury lead Robert Jenrick at odds over party’s deportation plans

Evening Standard · May 26

Nearly 400 migrants crossed English Channel in small boats on hottest day of year

Pictures show people in lifejackets being led from a Border Security Command vessel in Dover

Evening Standard · May 23

First migrants cross English Channel in nearly two weeks

The crossing is the first since May 9.

Evening Standard · May 22

Two migrants die in Channel crossing attempt off French coast

They were on a dinghy carrying 82 people, French authorities said.

Evening Standard · May 3

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Migrants make crossing to UK after small boats deal clinched with France

More than a dozen people were pictured being brought into the Border Security Command compound in Dover.

The Independent UK · Apr 25

It is time to ask the armed forces for help in solving the migrant crisis

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Royal Navy be deployed to intercept small boats in the Channel is lurid, but it has triggered renewed talk about how service personnel could be deployed to alleviate the situation

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025

Migrants detected at UK-France border controls ‘fallen substantially’

The UK’s borders watchdog however said the ‘threat of clandestine entry at juxtaposed ports remains high and is unrelenting’.

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

‘Ruthless criminals’ caused three migrant deaths in the Channel, says minister

More people arrived in Dover on Sunday after crossing the Channel in small boats, as French authorities reported the deaths of three people.

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2024

Starmer to sign deals with Western Balkans countries to target smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer will sign deals with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to share intelligence and intercept smuggling gangs.

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024

Sir Keir Starmer to sign deals with Western Balkan nations to target smuggling gangs

Prime Minister will sign deals with Serbia, North Macedonia and Kosovo to share intelligence and intercept smuggling gangs

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024

Government will ‘try to make progress as rapidly as possible’ on small boats

Yvette Cooper said that criminal gangs were the target as the border security command is set to see its funding doubled.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

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The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Starmer to pledge more cash for border command in blitz on small boats

The Prime Minister will use a speech to Interpol to tell the world to ‘wake up to the severity of this challenge’.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Home Office to use secret number plate cameras across Europe to track migrant smugglers

The automatic number plate recognition cameras will be deployed on routes in Europe suspected of being used by people traffickers

Radio France Internationale · Sep 17, 2024

UK uses funds from scrapped Rwanda deportation plan to boost border security

The UK has redirected nearly 90 million euros from the abandoned Rwanda deportation scheme to fund technology and staff as part of the new Border Security Command (BSC) aimed at combatting people-smuggling gangs, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2024

Starmer hails Italy success targeting 'vile' human trafficking trade across the Med at source in North Africa

Britain is seeking to learn from Italy to tackle the ‘small boats’ Channel crisis

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The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

More than £320m spent on Rwanda policy will be lost if Tories lose election

Costs of trying to deport asylum seekers cannot be recovered if Labour wins and disbands policy

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Labour’s Dover candidate: ‘I would not have stood under Corbyn’

Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former soldier Mike Tapp said he wants to help Sir Keir Starmer tackle the small boats crisis and end the chaos at the Port of Dover

Evening Standard · May 10, 2024

Labour would scrap Rwanda migrant scheme and set up 'elite' force to tackle small boat crossings

Border Security Command would be an “elite force, not a Cinderella service”, Sir Keir Starmer said

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