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Signs near French beaches to warn against trying to reach UK

Exclusive: Refugee organisations dismiss Home Office-endorsed publicity campaign as a ‘gimmick’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025

Woman dies after small boat rescue operation in Channel

‘We are shocked and saddened by this tragic incident,’ a government spokesperson said

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

Woman dies after small boat Channel crossing, police say

A force spokeswoman said the woman was airlifted back to shore where she was pronounced dead.

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

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Woman dies after small boat incident in English channel, police say

A force spokeswoman said the woman was airlifted back to shore where she was pronounced dead

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Investigation after migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover on Saturday, it was reported.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Investigation launched as migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover, it was reported

Evening Standard · Sep 9, 2025

UK politics live: Thornberry and Haigh make Labour deputy leader pitches as race heats up

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025

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New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025

English Channel crossings pass 30,000 arrivals in record time

It is the latest milestone to be reached after record numbers of people made the dangerous journey so far this year.

Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2025

UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2025

Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration

Her appointment comes amid discontent over asylum hotels and record numbers of Channel crossings.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025

Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary after cabinet reshuffle

Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper in the role amid pressure over migration and asylum hotels

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

‘I won’t stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea’: Cooper attacks Farage and Badenoch’s migrant crackdown calls

The home secretary insisted the government will ‘get on with the hard graft, roll up our sleeves and do it step by step’

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

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Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025

International students and families to get Government warnings to leave UK after visas expire

On Monday, MPs returned after a summer which saw unrest over how ministers have handled the small boats crisis

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2025

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.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

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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The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

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

International Business Times UK · Aug 26, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

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

Euronews · Aug 24, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2025

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’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2025

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 · Aug 14, 2025

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

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