Previously French police had not taken active steps against migrants once they were in the water due to the danger to life.

A family of three, including a small child, have become the first people to arrive in the U.K. from France under a new “one in, one out” exchange policy in which Britain returns migrants who enter the ...

French police have used pepper spray to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel. Footage shared on Friday (10 ...

UK Home Office figures reported that 36,954 migrants crossed over from northern France to England so far in 2025, compared ...

The Home Office has spent just £15,000 on a deterrent campaign to warn migrants about the “one-in, one-out” returns deal with ...

A number of small boats carrying migrants have crossed the English Channel overnight. Several more vessels appeared to be ...

A small boat crossed the Channel on Saturday carrying 125 people, the largest ever number to make the journey in a single vessel. The crossing surpasses a record set in August when 106 people ...

More small boats seen crossing English Channel overnight - More than 36,000 people have made the journey so far this year ...

Keir Starmer has linked the rise in small boat arrivals to Brexit, describing the crossings as "Farage boats".

It is the fourth time this year that more than 1,000 migrants have arrived on small boats in the UK in a single day ...

12:17, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Updated: 12:50, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a fresh blow as it was revealed that more than 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on ...

French police used pepper spray to stop migrants from reaching a small boat before it set off towards the UK on Friday morning. Around 100 men and women gathered on Gravelines beach in northern France ...