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Glitch in post-Brexit customs system adds to major Channel lorry chaos on Kent roads

A 23-mile stretch of the M20 is closed amid HMRC technical problems and a ferry shortage

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

Chaos in Kent as 23-mile stretch of M20 closed due to ferry shortage

Delays to Channel crossings are being driven by the suspension of P&O Ferries sailings after the operator sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022

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Boris Johnson dealt avalanche of Lords defeats over his 'inhumane' refugees Bill

Lords voted to remove the harshest elements of the Nationality and Borders Bill - which a Bishop branded 'inhumane', and an ex-Supreme Court justice said 'flagrantly breaches' our human rights requirements

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2022

Search for Brits missing after plane crash in English Channel called off

The search for two British nationals whose light plane crashed in the English Channel has been called off – as it emerged the aircraft went down in a snowstorm.

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2022

City of London executive in Channel plane crash ‘was on day trip to France’

A British plane owned by a City of London executive that crashed into the English Channel with two people onboard was on a day trip to France organised by the South Warwickshire Flying School, it emerged on Sunday.

Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2022

Traffic chaos at Port of Dover eases slightly, though delays likely to continue

Gridlocked roads in the area on Saturday were caused by disruption to cross-Channel ferries and bad weather.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022

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Rescuers search for light aircraft with two onboard missing in Channel

P-28 plane took off from airfield in Warwickshire and was bound for Le Touquet in northern France

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2022

Cross-Channel disruption plunges Dover into traffic chaos near port

The suspension of P&O services has reduced capacity at the port, while bad weather and a shortage of ferries have also been blamed for long queues.

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2022

Nearly 400 people arrive in UK after crossing Channel in small boats on Monday

Girl with no shoes among hundreds who arrived on UK shores after crossing from France

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Nearly 500 migrants intercepted crossing the Channel

The UK authorities brought 395 people ashore from 12 boats on Monday, while another 101 people on four boats were intercepted by the French.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

‘They’re coming this way!’ A day trip with dolphins in Lyme Bay

A marine nature trip into the English Channel from Weymouth proves an exhilarating introduction to an often unseen panoply of UK wildlife

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

UK likely to criminalise illicit refugee crossings after MPs’ rebellion averted

Government wins string of votes to restore elements of controversial borders and nationality bill removed by Lords

The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: P&O Ferries’ act of corporate disdain must not stand

It takes 90 minutes to cross the Channel by boat. It took P&O Ferries far less time to sack 800 employees — without warning — over Zoom. Like many in the transport sector, P&O was hit hard by pandemic restrictions and travel bans.

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2022

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The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Safety fears raised as P&O Ferries replaces seafarers with agency workers

Trade union Nautilus International said sailing ships across the Channel is ‘like walking across a six-lane motorway at rush hour’.

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2022

The Home Office is now publishing stats on irregular migration - here's what they do (and don't) tell us

The Home Office has long collected statistics on irregular migration to the UK, but it has never published them officially until now. The statistics, first published in February 2022, are on detected instances of people entering the UK without immigration permission, such as on small boats, stowing away in vehicles…

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022

More than 900 people intercepted attempting to cross Channel in single day

The UK authorities intercepted 405 people in 12 boats on Tuesday, while the French stopped another 538 people in 11 boats.

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022

Baby is among latest group of people to cross Channel in small boats

Migrants including several children brought to a Dungeness beach by RNLI.

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The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2022

‘Fundamental questions remain’ over plan to draft military in to tackle Channel crossings, warn MPs

Government’s decision to put Navy in charge of counter-migration on English coast appears to have been ‘borne of desperation’, says Defence Committee

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2022

Experts raise doubts over plan for Royal Navy to control Channel crossings

Exclusive: Critical defence select committee report to come amid growing Tory unease over No 10’s plan

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022

RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel

Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove said the rise in dangerous Channel crossings is ‘unacceptable’.

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022

Migrants brought ashore by RNLI and Border Force after crossing Channel

Those who arrived at Dover on Friday are the latest of more than 1,500 people to have made the crossing this year.

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

France intercepts Russia-bound cargo ship ‘Baltic Leader’ in the English Channel and ‘escorts’ it to Boulogne

The ship has been suspected of belonging to a firm targeted by EU sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2022

Emiliano Sala team-mate helped to organise flight before English Channel crash

Emiliano Sala died aged 28 in a 2019 plane crash in the English Channel. It emerged today that fellow Cardiff City player Jack McKay, 25, helped organise the flight

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2022

Channel crossings topped 28,500 in 2021, official figures reveal

It is the first time the Home Office has published data on ‘irregular’ migration.

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