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Pensioner who smuggled £640,000 worth of cocaine in mobility scooter jailed

Ronald Lord, from Montreal in Canada, was stopped at Gatwick Airport where border force staff found eight kilograms of the drug hidden in his scooter.

Evening Standard

Pensioner jailed after smuggling cocaine worth £640,000 in mobility scooter

Eight kilograms of cocaine was found in the back seat panel of Ronald Lord’s scooter after he was stopped at Gatwick

The Independent UK

Home Office minister praises joint EU operation to smash drug smuggler gangs

Operation White Sea has led to the seizure of cocaine worth £66 million from reaching the UK and EU.

Evening Standard

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'Mainstreaming fascism': Sky News blasted for 'grotesque' gunboats article

A SKY News article suggesting gunboats should be considered as a way of deterring small boat crossings has been blasted as "grotesque" and…

The National (Scotland)

Fisher who met King Charles is jailed for role in £18m cocaine-smuggling plot

Peter Williams, 44, sentenced to almost 17 years after captaining boat that picked up packages off Cornish coast

The Guardian - UK

Manchester Airport Tragedy: Cause of Death Finally Revealed for Man Who Collapsed in Holding Area After 'Unusual Behaviour' Arrest

A coroner confirmed Karl Joyce died from acute cocaine toxicity after collapsing in Manchester Airport custody, prompting a review of detainee safety measures.

International Business Times UK

'Tell Your Friends To Come!': Illegal Migrant Mocks 'Soft UK', Provides Step-by-Step Guide On How To Enter Via Boat

An illegal migrant on TikTok shared a step-by-step guide for crossing the Channel, mocking the UK's border policies and urging others to make the same dangerous trip.

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Complicated web of ex-ABF staffer's alleged drug crime

An Australian Border Force supervisor allegedly used "batphones", burner phones and encrypted devices when conspiring to smuggle illegal drugs.

AAP

Post-Brexit chaos as EU citizens living in Britain wrongly barred from UK

Body which protectes EU citizens’ rights warns Home Office they should not be removed if they make a short trip overseas for business or a holiday

The Independent UK

Border Force search charity row boat mistaken for ‘illegal migrants’ by Rupert Lowe

A group of charity rowers were stopped and searched by a Border Force patrol boat after MP Rupert Lowe mistakenly identified them as “illegal immigrants” on social media.

The Independent UK

First people to be returned to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal

People detained after arriving in small boat expected to be returned within three weeks, says Home Office

The Guardian - UK

First migrants detained under new 'one in one out' deal with France to be deported within weeks

Multiple people are understood to have been detained under the new ‘one in, one out’ deal after crossing the English Channel

Evening Standard

First detentions of migrants crossing Channel under UK-France returns deal

The first detentions came as people arrived in Dover on Wednesday, the first day the pilot scheme came into force.

Evening Standard

First Channel crossing migrants arrive in UK as returns deal comes into force

Pictures taken on Wednesday afternoon show a UK Border Force boat ferrying migrants including children into the Port of Dover

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The Guardian - UK

UK to start small boats returns to France ‘within days’ after EU gives green light

Some asylum seekers will be sent back across Channel for first time under treaty agreed with French president

The Guardian - UK

Public urged to help catch gangs bringing drugs on ‘mother ships’ to UK coast

Crime agency says there were more than 60 investigations into at-sea drop-offs last year with 34 people arrested

The Guardian - UK

How a high-speed ocean chase led to an £18m cocaine seizure in Cornwall

Operation also shed unique light on backgrounds of those involved in running drugs into UK from ‘mother ships’

Evening Standard

Channel-crossing migrants brought to shore by Border Force and lifeboats

The crossings continue as the number of people arriving this year so far nears 25,000.

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The Conversation

What caused Britain’s deadliest ‘small boat’ disaster, and how can another be avoided?

On a cold, wet November evening, Issa Mohamed Omar and more than 30 other men, women and children set off from their informal camp near the northern French port city of Dunkirk. They walked through the darkness in near-silence for around two hours, until they reached the beach from where…

Evening Standard

Smuggler crammed 21 migrants into small luxury yacht and tried to sneak them into UK

Albanian national Bleda Bega was captaining the 23ft vessel when it was intercepted in the English Channel en route to Newquay

The Guardian - UK

Border Force chief who ‘suggested game of Naked Attraction’ with colleagues was able to leave civil service with unblemished record

Exclusive: Review of Home Office procedures ordered after ‘shambolic’ disciplinary process relating to Steve Dann

Evening Standard

Man who made £1m running illegal streaming sites jailed after being caught with £20k in cash at King’s Cross

He used the profits to buy designer clothes and jewellery, luxury holidays, and a £91,000 Jaguar F-Type V8 coupe

Evening Standard

Starmer to discuss ‘global problem’ of illegal migration with German Chancellor

According to the Home Office, 353 people crossed the English Channel by small boat on Friday.

Evening Standard

More migrants cross the channel a day after Macron and Starmer sign deal

According to the Home Office, some 353 people made the trip across the channel by small boat on Friday.

Evening Standard

More migrant small boats head to UK hours after Starmer and Macron agree one-in-one-out deal

One Border Force vessel arrived in Dover before 9am, having picked up a group of people after a ‘small boat’ incident in the Channel

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