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Around 60 men, woman and children were rescued off the coast of northern France early on Monday morning

Mitch Hutchcraft swam across the Channel, cycled to India and ran to Nepal, covering 8,000 miles, to raise money for charity

A fresh row has broken out over the Channel migrant crisis after a UK Border Force vessel sailed into French waters to pick up asylum seekers.

Pictures show people wearing life jackets being brought ashore in Dover on the warmest day of the year so far.

Labour’s plan to pay landlords to house Channel migrants could soon see thousands of properties taken up across 120 different communities.

New tactics designed to disrupt people smuggling gangs will come into force over the next few months

Last year the figure of 10,000 was not reached until May 24, while in 2023 it was June 17.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As The Independent reveals, up to £2bn of private contracts have been awarded since 2017 aimed at curbing illegal migration across the English Channel and the costs of asylum application processing. It is hard to point to any positive results of this gross expense

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest