The UK government blamed months of good weather for a surge in migrants arriving via small boat crossings from France, as it ...

The Home Office says the doubling of good weather days this year compared to the start of 2024 "coincides with small boat ...

Good weather and the willingness of people smugglers to cram more people onto small boats have been highlighted by the ...

There were 60 so-called "red" days identified by the Met Office between January 1 and April 30, when factors such as wind ...

The government has vowed to crack down on people smuggling gangs, but they have faced accusations of mimicking Reform UK’s ...

The Home Office says 36,816 people arrived in the UK on small boats in 2024, 25 per cent more than in 2023 (29,437). The ...

Less than a year after Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went down in flames amid a failed promise to “stop the boats,” ...

Opposition politicians in Britain say that smugglers are exploiting a French law that bars police from acting once migrants ...

This live page is closing shortly but the late team is keeping a close eye on the situation in Gaza after the latest fatal ...

Small boat arrivals surged to a daily record for this year as a Labour minister admitted it was like a "taxi" service.

Data from the Home Office reveals the number of small boat arrivals rose by over 20% in a year - but the asylum backlog and ...

COUNTLESS migrants have boarded packed boats in France to make the treacherous journey across the English Channel to the UK. French police watched on as one of six boats, filled with adults and ...