The Latest Breaking News from Channel

‘Wholly inappropriate’: Dismay as Priti Patel hires Australian asylum tsar to review Border Force

Former Australian foreign minister has vocally backed Channel push-backs and defended the home secretary from ‘widespread ridicule’

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Military planning 10-ship taskforce to intercept illegal migrants in Channel

Last year 28,431 people crossed the Channel in small boats –three times the number in 2020

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2022

Navy ships can’t be used for Priti Patel’s plan to arrest Channel refugees, minister admits

Hunt on for suitable vessels, but James Heappey won’t say what they will be – in case ‘price goes up’

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2022

Home Office refuses to apologise to 12 innocent asylum seekers wrongly jailed for steering Channel dinghies

Men were falsely labelled as ‘people smugglers’ after being prosecuted for crimes they did not commit

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2022

Convictions quashed for asylum seekers wrongly jailed for steering dinghies across Channel

Court of Appeal says same ‘error of law’ was seen in 12 cases quashed so far, as more asylum seekers fight convictions

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022

‘I wanted to know what the human body is capable of’: the drama set entirely in water

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play is a story of sisters, pain and the gruelling long-distance swim to cross the Channel

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

Royal Navy tasked with stopping 100% of migrants trying to cross the Channel

Critics say that is such a tall order it will be impossible to deliver - and should not be the Navy’s job anyway.

Daily Mirror · Feb 5, 2022

Migrants forced to wait on concrete floor for hours at Dover processing site, say Border Force staff

Exclusive: Immigration Services Union condemns lack of resources at reception site and warns Home Office is now to move arrivals to new facility that is ‘so far off minimum health and safety requirements’

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022

‘We thought we’d die’ – after their treacherous journeys, what awaits the refugees landing on British beaches?

Many of the thousands of people who attempt the deadly Channel crossing in tiny boats land in towns like Folkestone. Local resident James Harkin meets some on the shore

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2022

Brexit, one year on: Is life in the UK better without Europe?

Is the United Kingdom better off without Europe? Did the country make a risky choice by leaving the EU one year ago? Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali crossed the Channel to understand the consequences of Brexit on the daily lives of citizens. From London to Belfast, via Boston…

France 24 · Feb 4, 2022