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So far this year more than 32,000 people arrived in the UK having made the journey across the Channel by boat

Total number of arrivals by small boats reaches 32,691 this year, up 22% on same time last year but fewer than in 2022

The PM echoes Tony Blair in his pledge to be tough on crime – but he is less interested in the causes behind the Channel crossings, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

Analysis: Most tactics employed by British governments to address the Channel crisis have proved unsuccessful, but replicating the apparent success of the Albania deal could yield Starmer some positive results

Interpol’s Richard Chambers said people smuggling was a crime that was ‘developing fast’.

A French court has sentenced 18 people – mainly Iraqi Kurds – to prison terms of up to 15 years for organising a major migrant-smuggling ring that transported people across the English Channel in small, flimsy boats.

An investigation has been opened by the Boulogne-sur-Mer public prosecutor’s office after the French coastguard found bodies in the water.

Two bodies have been found adrift at sea after more than 50 migrants were rescued in the English Channel.

A French court on Tuesday issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants aboard small boats across the Channel to England.