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Channel migrants: Most people claiming to be modern slavery victims are Albanian

Home Office data was obtained from Migration Watch under freedom of information laws.

The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Macron to host Sunak for UK-France summit in March

Rishi Sunak will travel to France for talks with Emmanuel Macron covering a range of issues including the small boats crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

UK Government drafts in disaster charity to help with Channel lorry queues

THE UK government has drafted in a disaster response charity to help stuck lorry drivers in the event of future chaos at Dover, it has emerged.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 4, 2023

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Sunak: Fresh laws ‘most important’ part of plan to tackle Channel crossings

The Prime Minister repeated promises that his Government would ‘stop the boats’.

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2023

First small boat Channel crossing of 2023 takes place

Some 44 people crossed the Channel in a boat on Monday.

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2023

Boy, 12, who survived Channel migrant boat tragedy had family wiped out by Taliban

The boy was one of more than 30 people rescued from a sinking dinghy in the British Channel last month. Four migrants died when a flimsy dinghy capsized in freezing waters on its way from France to England

Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023

Border Force patrolling French beaches for first time with local officers in bid to stop migrant crossings

The first joint patrol took place just before Christmas after months of negotiations between UK and French officials

Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2023

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Watch: More than 45,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in 2022

A record 45,756 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats in 2022, new Government figures show.

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2023

Channel crossings: 45,756 people came to UK in small boats in 2022

Last crossings were on Christmas Day, with none recorded in last six days of the year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

Channel crossings rocket in 2022 as UK Government fails to grant asylum applications

A TOTAL of 45,756 people have crossed the Channel to the UK in 2022, Government figures show.

The National (Scotland) · Jan 1, 2023

Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Albanians accounted for 35% of arrivals in the first nine months of 2022.

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

Number of migrants who crossed Channel last year was more than 45,000

Over the last 12 months, politicians have made a series of attempts to get a grip on the migrant crisis

Wales Online · Jan 1, 2023

More than 45,000 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK in 2022

The number of people making the perilous journey has risen by more than 60% since 2021

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2023

Record number of migrants crossed Channel to UK in 2022

Rishi Sunak has promised new legislation to make it ‘unambiguously clear that if you enter the UK illegally, you should not be able to remain here’.

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

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The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

Dutch van driver caught smuggling 200kg of cocaine and heroin with street value of £12 million is jailed

Abraham Schrier, 61, stashed the class A drugs by hiding them in the side of a vehicle heading through the Channel tunnel

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022

Ninety asylum-seekers crossed Channel on Christmas Day, government says

Scores of people traversed busy body of water in just two small boats

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Four who drowned after boat capsized in the Channel remain unidentified

Boat was “wholly unsuitable to make the crossing”, inquest is told.

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Four migrants who died in Channel were in dinghy ‘wholly unsuitable to make the crossing’

Nearly 40 others were rescued after a boat start sinking in the Channel in December

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The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Inquests to open into deaths of four migrants after boat capsizes in Channel

The four people were pronounced death following a major rescue operation off the Kent coast in the early hours of December 14.

Daily Mirror · Dec 22, 2022

Migrant mum explains why she risked death to cross Channel in dinghy with baby girl

Mum Najma Ahmadi is begging the Government to offer refugees the chance of a better life – without having to put themselves in the hands of callous people smugglers

Daily Mirror · Dec 21, 2022

Housing migrants on cruise ships 'on the table' as system to cost £3.5billion a year

Home Secretary Suella Braverman admitted the plan was still being considered as talks are held over how to slash the £2.3bn annual hotel bill for accommodating asylum seekers

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022

Hundreds of migrants ‘detained illegally at immigration removal centres’

Overflow of migrants held at Manston site was described as ‘no longer legal’, Home Office emails reveal

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Home Secretary: ‘We will send migrants to Rwanda as soon as possible’

Suella Braverman says the Government’s policy is ‘compassionate’ and ‘rational’ but politicians and charities say it will not stop Channel crossings.

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Rwanda plan will ‘do nothing to stop dangerous Channel crossings’

Opposition politicians, charities and other organisations have condemned the plan.

Al Jazeera · Dec 19, 2022

UK’s bid to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ‘lawful’: High Court

Judges say the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal.

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