Anti-migrant vigilantes who have been harassing migrants on Calais beaches and slashing the small boats they use to cross the ...

Six hardy Fireflys kicked off their 80th Anniversary year by joining the 125-boat fleet at Queen Mary Sailing Club for the ...

Salvation Army worker Charles Markie, 56, who was sacked after saying migrants should be sent back home 'on a f***ing boat' ...

2025 saw the second highest number of small boat crossings on record, according to the Home Office. The government has revealed 41,472 people arrived in the UK by coming across the English Channel in ...

LONDON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A total of 41,472 migrants arrived on British shores in small boats in 2025, marking the second-highest annual figure on record, government data released on Thursday showed.

London (AFP) – The second-highest annual number of migrants arrived on UK shores in small boats since records were started in 2018, government statistics confirmed on Thursday. The tally comes as ...

Small boat migrants who have crossed the English Channel since 2018 could cost British taxpayers as much as £67 billion over their lifetimes, a watchdog warns. Small boat migrants who have crossed the ...

The British government is hoping a change in German law will help stop small boat crossings to the UK. The measures to criminalise the facilitation of migrant smuggling towards the UK, agreed more ...

Hundreds of migrants braved the harsh December weather to cross the Channel in small boats yesterday as Britain agreed a new migration pact with Greece. Some 497 people in nine vessels made the ...

Migrant arrivals in small boats have resumed after 28 days without crossings. Home Office figures showed a stretch between 14 November and yesterday (12 December) without arrivals, making it the ...

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THE French presidential frontrunner has vowed to stop small boat crossings and work with Nigel Farage to crack down on immigration in the UK. The Reform UK leader had a lunch with National Rally’s ...