Higher numbers of migrants crossing the Channel at weekends have sparked a row over French staffing provision. Home Office ...

According to statistics from the Home Office, 40% of crossings happened at weekends, leading to accusations being levelled at ...

Critics warned countries, "unwilling to accept high numbers of refugees, are instead directing them towards the UK." ...

Another suggestion from a Home Office source is that while many migrants who cross the channel are based in the camps around Calais, many use public transport to arrive for a timed departure and ...

New border security Bill will also make it illegal to supply boat parts or life jackets suspected of being for use by ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the new laws will ‘turbocharge efforts to smash the gangs’ smuggling migrants across the ...

Wearing only a light jacket and woolly hat against the winter cold, 28-year-old Ali Ibrahim said conditions were dire at the ...

Migrants who arrive on small boats face having their mobile phones seized under new plans to tackle people smugglers.

MORE than 1,000 illegal migrants have already crossed the Channel to the UK so far this ... since the start of the year for the treacherous crossings to top 1,000 — the soonest the milestone ...

Smugglers have ferried more than 150,000 migrants across the English Channel since Government records began in 2018 – most often in inflatable “small boats”.

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase ...

Migrants who prevent rescues in the Channel taking place until they reach ... It will also become a crime to collect information on illegal crossings including looking up routes or vessels ...