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Home Office border security chief quits after failing to bring down small boat crossings

Almost 60,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats since Martin Hewitt was appointed

Evening Standard · Mar 20

Voices: Ministers are trying to bury the consequences of UK aid cuts. But what we know is catastrophic

COMMENT: From more small boats crossing the channel to families in poverty across Africa being hit hard, the truth is clear, writes Sarah Champion, chair of parliament's International Development Select Committee

The Independent UK · Mar 19

Royal Navy reports Russian warship and sanctioned oil tanker in English Channel

A Royal Navy warship, HMS Mersey, and a Wildcat helicopter spent 48 hours monitoring the Russian frigate RFN Soobrazitelny and sanctioned tanker MV Anatoly Kolodkin in the English Channel. The operation, coordinated with Nato, involved using powerful radars and sensors to gather intelligence as the Russian vessels sailed westward. After…

The Independent UK · Mar 19

Highest number of small boat Channel crossings this year as over 600 migrants arrive in one day

It brings the total number of arrivals this year to 2,209 - a 7% increase on this time last year

Evening Standard · Feb 26

This adventurous catamaran company allows you to reach France using wind power

It’s the second year of Channel crossings for the sailing ferry operator

The Independent UK · Feb 26

Migrants arrive after crossing Channel for first time in two weeks

The crossing is the first since February 9 when 322 people made the journey.

Evening Standard · Feb 25

‘One in, one out’: what has happened to asylum seekers forced to return to France?

In rare interviews, some of those sent back across the Channel after arriving in the UK on small boats describe what happened next – and the risks of a system organised to get rid of them

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

Why the UK has announced a border security deal with China – and what it could mean for small boat crossings

The UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, recently visited China to announce what was described as a reset in relations between London and Beijing. Among the economic and diplomatic announcements was a surprising element: a new agreement on border security.

The Conversation · Feb 16

Deaths of 31 people in UK’s worst small boat disaster caused by government’s ‘systemic failure' – the Cranston inquiry conclusions explained

The deaths of at least 31 people in the Channel on November 24 2021 were “avoidable”, an independent inquiry has found. The final report of the Cranston inquiry highlights known problems at HM Coastguard that were not resolved, calling them a “significant, systemic failure on the part of government”, which…

The Conversation · Feb 12

The god of small things: Seurat and the sea – review

Courtauld Gallery, LondonThis quietly tremendous exhibition gathers more than half of the pointillist painter’s works, all depicting the Channel coast and sea, full of blizzards of light and a quivering sense of import

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12