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French coastguards demand halt to ‘deadly plans’ to intercept small boats

Union says UK-French Channel deal is inhumane and contravenes international conventions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

Voices: To stop the shameful small boats hokey-cokey, is it time to reboot the Rwanda plan?

COMMENT: Labour’s much-vaunted “One in, one out” migrant deal with France has become a humiliating farce. If it is ever to turn the tide on illegal Channel crossings, it may have to revisit the cancelled Tory plan – and go even further, says Mary Dejevsky

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

French political chaos could put UK migrant crackdown at risk

Reports suggest that France may retract its pledge to forcefully turn back small boats in the Channel, potentially undermining Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to curb migrant arrivals in the UK. The possible reversal is linked to political turmoil within the French government, according to sources speaking to the BBC. The…

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

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France ‘may not intervene to reverse small boats in the Channel’ in blow to Starmer’s migration plan

France backing away from commitment to turn back small boats in the Channel, according to reports

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

UK Sanctions Balkans Gangs As Irregular Migrant Numbers Rise

Britain on Wednesday sanctioned Balkans-based gangs and financiers helping facilitate small boat crossings, as migrant arrivals this year via the Channel were set to surpass the 2024 totals.

International Business Times · Oct 22, 2025

Royal Navy destroyer shadows Russian warship in English Channel

HMS Duncan was deployed under Nato command in a ‘historic first’.

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

Migrants boarded small boat to UK, leaving others behind with deflated dinghy

A group of men and women carrying some small children were pictured waiting to cross the Channel on Gravelines beach early this morning.

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

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Eurostar to run doubledecker trains through Channel tunnel from 2031

Operator signs €2bn deal with Alstom amid boom in international rail travel from UK

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025

Small boats spotted crossing Channel overnight

More than 36,000 people have made the journey so far this year, around a third higher than at the same point in 2024.

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2025

More small boats seen crossing English Channel overnight

More than 36,000 people have made the journey so far this year

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2025

Chinese broadcaster failed to pay Ofcom £300,000 for rule breaches, court told

Star China Media Ltd previously ran an English-language news channel named China Global Television Network but was stripped of its licence in 2021.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

Number of Channel crossing arrivals ‘frustrating’, says border security chief

Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt said he finds the numbers very challenging but that work to stop crossings was always going to take time.

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2025

What is the difference between legal, illegal and irregular migration?

The PA news agency takes a look at some of the language around the issue of migration.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

French police use pepper spray on migrants trying to cross English Channel

French police have used pepper spray to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel.

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2025

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Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Two Kent sites earmarked as holding areas in event of EU border system issues

The sites have been chosen as part of long-term efforts to boost Kent’s resilience to problems with Channel crossings.

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

26 migrants sent to France while nearly 10,000 have arrived since deal

Crossings are continuing as around 100 men and women seeking to make the journey across the Channel gathered on Gravelines beach on Friday morning.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

Waterproof Rolex worn by first British woman to swim the Channel up for auction

Mercedes Gleitze’s Rolex Oyster survived more than 10 hours submerged in sea water when she undertook her ‘vindication swim’ of 1927.

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025

Keir Starmer: 'No golden ticket' to UK as automatic settlement and family reunion rights for asylum seekers to end

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would help ‘address the pull factors driving dangerous and illegal small boats’ crossing the Channel from France

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Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2025

Migrants attempt longer Channel crossing after recent deaths

After a quiet morning in northern France, a large black dinghy carrying migrants was pictured having set off from a beach in north-west France.

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2025

Boat carrying record 125 migrants crossed Channel to UK on Saturday

The number of people on board breaks a previous record from August, when 106 migrants crossed to the UK on what was dubbed a ‘mega dinghy’ by media.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2025

Single boat carrying record 125 migrants crosses Channel to UK

This figure surpasses the previous record, when 106 people arrived on what was described as a ‘mega dinghy’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2025

Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2025

Child dies off French coast in small boat Channel crossing attempt – reports

An investigation has been launched into the incident at Ecault beach, in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont.

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2025

Child dies after falling off ‘overcrowded’ small boat while crossing Channel

The tragedy is the 21st death this year during small boat crossings

International Business Times · Sep 27, 2025

Two Women Die Trying To Cross Channel From France

Two women, both Somalis, died Saturday while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, adding that the body of another migrant had been found in a canal.

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