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Visa warning: International students will be told to leave UK when right to remain expires

Warning campaign comes after Home Secretary revealed the first returns of migrants crossing the Channel will begin later this month

Evening Standard

First migrant returns under UK-France deal ‘to begin this month’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also told MPs new applications to the existing refugee family reunion route will be suspended this week.

Evening Standard

I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction

I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the water, says writer Gareth Roberts

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Nigel Farage accused of ‘ripping up’ human rights laws after unveiling plans for mass deportations - as it happened

Farage announces policies to deport 600,000 aslyum seekers, including women and children, if Reform UK wins the next election

The Guardian - UK

UK Mass Deportation News: Nigel Farage Vows to Send Back Migrants From '100 Boats' — But Why Is France Undeterred?

Nigel Farage pushes for mass deportations, scrapping human rights laws, while UK plans to return 100+ migrants to France. France remains unfazed, escalating tensions as 28,288 cross Channel in 2025

International Business Times UK

London-Berlin: competition hots up for cross-Channel rail links

Firms vie with Eurostar to provide direct services from Britain to mainland Europe as they spy growth in market

The Guardian - UK

Bulgarian customs seize 70 inflatable boats used for UK migrant trafficking

The boats are produced by unknown Turkish companies and are then sent disassembled in multiple shipments to avoid suspicion in what authorities say is for the sole purpose of trafficking migrants across the English Channel.

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London woman, 49, arrested over supply of boats to cross-Channel people smugglers

Lydia Bloomfield, of the National Crime Agency, said: ‘We are determined to target, disrupt and dismantle the gangs’

Evening Standard

Four ways the UK has tried to stop small boat Channel crossings

From Rwanda to wave machines, successive governments have tried, and failed, to deter people crossing from France

The Guardian - UK

People held under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal say they had not heard of it

Some of first group of small boat arrivals to be detained say they are terrified of being sent back to their home countries

The Guardian - UK

'Tell Your Friends To Come!': Illegal Migrant Mocks 'Soft UK', Provides Step-by-Step Guide On How To Enter Via Boat

An illegal migrant on TikTok shared a step-by-step guide for crossing the Channel, mocking the UK's border policies and urging others to make the same dangerous trip.

International Business Times UK

More than 100 migrants in one vessel thought to have bumped crossings to 27,799

Home Office figures show 325 migrants crossed the English Channel by small boat on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

More migrants arrested under new returns deal with France, confirms Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper said that the first referrals for people who came to Britain in small boats to be sent back across the English Channel have already been made

Evening Standard

Why Channel crossings have continued to rise: six key reasons

More than 50,000 people have arrived in UK since Keir Starmer vowed to ‘smash the gangs’ behind small boats

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Anti-migrant unrest erupts despite UK's tightening of migration policy

Protests over asylum seeker accommodation have intensified in England, coinciding with the launch of a new UK-France deal to return migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.

The Guardian - UK

More than 50,000 people have crossed Channel in small boats since Labour took power

Number of people who arrived in UK via small boats in first half of 2025 up 48% on same period last year

The Independent UK

Over 50,000 small boat migrants cross Channel under Labour as Starmer fails to get a grip on crisis

Labour minister admits the number of small boat crossings under Starmer is ‘unacceptable’

Evening Standard

Record 50,000 migrant Channel crossings since Labour came to power 'unacceptable', admits minister

Baroness Smith, a former home secretary, said the record numbers of people making the dangerous journey showed how embedded criminal gangs became under the previous government

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Evening Standard

Channel migrants reaching 50,000 under Labour ‘unacceptable’ – ex-home secretary

Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, now an education minister, said criminal gangs were allowed to become entrenched under the Conservative government.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Pressure grows on Starmer as Channel migrant figures pass 50,000 since Labour’s win – as it happened

Home Office data shows 474 migrants arrived yesterday in eight small boats bringing the total to over 50,000

The Independent UK

Minister admits government hasn’t tackled small boats crisis as crossings set to hit 50,000

Baroness Jacqui Smith insisted the number of people crossing the Channel was not the current government’s fault

Radio France Internationale

UK says first migrants held under return deal with France

The UK said on Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

International Business Times

UK Says First Migrants Held Under Return Deal With France

The UK said Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new "one-in, one-out" deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.

The Independent UK

‘One in, one out’ deal now active with first migrants detained

The first migrants to cross the English Channel have been detained under a new 'one in, one out' deal. The detentions began on Wednesday, the initial day the pilot scheme became active, for people arriving in Dover. The agreement, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel…

The Guardian - UK

First people to be returned to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal

People detained after arriving in small boat expected to be returned within three weeks, says Home Office

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