Channel crossings
More than 20,000 migrants arrive in UK crossing Channel this year, figures show
Some 614 people made the journey in 10 boats on Wednesday, taking the provisional total for 2024 to 20,433.
Starmer unveils plan for ‘joint action’ with Germany on cross-Channel migration
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said developing an action plan could help the countries ‘deal with issues like data sharing, intelligence sharing’.
More than 500 migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel
Some 526 people made the journey in eight boats on Tuesday, taking the provisional total for 2024 so far to 19,820.
Visa figures signal drop in net migration but asylum backlog rises
Other data revealed almost 30,000 asylum seekers were still living in hotels across the UK as of the end of June.
More than 200 migrants crossed Channel in three boats on Monday
Three small boats arrived with 206 people on board on Monday, the Home Office said, bringing the provisional total for 2024 to 19,294.
Channel migrant boat involved in fatal crossing bid ‘wholly unsuitable’ – report
The report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch also revealed the occupants could only raise the alarm by mobile phone.
Migrant Channel crossings top 18,000 for year so far amid two more deaths
The Home Office recorded 703 people arriving in the UK on Sunday in 11 boats, suggesting an average of 64 people per boat.
Woman who died crossing English Channel wanted to feel safe, mother says
Dina Al Shammari wanted to study to become a dentist when she reached the UK, learn more English and above all ‘feel safe’.
Nearly 100 migrants suing Government over ‘ill-treatment’ at Manston centre
Lawyers say the cases concern ‘breaches of fundamental rights, including the right to liberty and prohibition on inhuman and degrading treatment’.
Arrest made after woman dies crossing Channel as charity says deaths ‘must stop’
A vigil was held in France for a woman who died trying to make the journey to the UK as a 29-year-old man was arrested and bailed in Kent.