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Minister agrees small boats crossings mainly men after Question Time claim

Darren Jones faced criticism after suggesting on the BBC’s Question Time that the majority of small boats crossings are ‘children, babies and women’.

Evening Standard

Government ‘focused’ on tackling smuggling gangs after minister’s boats claim

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the majority of people crossing the Channel in small boats are ‘children, babies and women’.

Evening Standard

French police fire tear gas and pepper spray at migrants seeking to board 'small boats' heading to UK

The new tactics come after officers were criticised for standing by and watching overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels set off across the Channel

Evening Standard

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Migrants cross English Channel ahead of spending review announcement

New arrivals wearing life jackets were brought to shore in a Border Force boat in Dover, Kent, on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

UK taxpayers face extra costs as France plans Channel small boat interceptions

French government braces for legal challenges to new tactics, involving extra police, boats and drones

The Guardian - UK

New French patrol boats to address migrant crossings across English Channel

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Home Office draws link between Channel crossings and good weather

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Number of overcrowded small boats carrying more than 80 migrants across Channel quadruples

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

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Tories brand blaming weather ‘lazy’ as likely days for Channel crossings double

The Government published the statistics after a record number of daily arrivals, as the Conservatives hit out at ministers for blaming the weather.

Evening Standard

UK ministers draw up law to fast-track removal of migrants arriving from ‘safe’ countries

Disclosure comes as calm weather and fuller boats leading to more Channel arrivals, Home Office says

The Guardian - UK

Home Office accused of 'dog ate my homework' excuse as it blames good weather for record migrant crossings

Home Office report links the mild, calm start to 2025 to the dramatic rise in small boat crossings

Evening Standard

Number of likely days for Channel crossings double compared with previous years

The data publication comes just days after the highest daily total of arrivals was recorded this year so far.

Evening Standard

Watch: Migrants cling to overloaded small boat as over 1,000 cross Channel in one day

Scores of migrants were filmed clinging to dangerously overloaded small boats on Saturday (31 March) on Saturday morning, as over 1,000 reportedly crossed the Channel in a single day.

The Independent UK

Smuggler boats pick up Channel migrants ‘like taxi service’ while French police stand by, minister fumes

Labour’s John Healey hits out after small boats leave beaches near Calais and authorities in France fail to intervene – as he says ‘Britain’s lost control of its borders’

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Record 1,194 migrants cross Channel in a day as UK urges France to act

France has agreed to change its rules so police can prevent people in the water from getting on to boats, but this has not yet come into effect.

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Chairman of British Rail at a time of major challenges, including the opening of the Channel tunnel and the approach of privatisation

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UK Border Force is in effect under military command, report says

Institute of Race Relations says MoD’s Channel role reflects global rise of ‘hyper-militarisation’ in law enforcement

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Charities warn against making family reunion ‘more difficult’

The top five nationalities issued Refugee Family Reunion grants in the year to March were Syrian, Iranian, Afghan, Eritrean and Sudanese.

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Evening Standard

Eritreans now most common nationality of migrants crossing Channel

It is the first time Eritrea has accounted for the largest number of people making the journey per quarter.

Evening Standard

Tories: Migrants would not be dying in Channel if Rwanda scheme had gone ahead

Chris Philp told that MPs immigration has created ‘social fractures’ and listed nationalities he claimed have high ‘levels of criminality’.

The Guardian - UK

Two people die attempting to cross Channel in dinghy

Ten others on board asked to be rescued after small boat carrying 80 migrants set off from northern France

Evening Standard

Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

The Independent UK

Two migrants die after falling unconscious during crossing of English Channel

A French Navy boat set out to make contact with the boat to recover the two people and 10 others who needed help.

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GB News Cuts Off Mid-Broadcast as Tragic Channel Crossing Ends in Death – Starmer Under Pressure

Monday morning’s GB News Breakfast took an unexpectedly sombre turn when breaking news forced the show off its usual track.

Euronews

Farmers set to see lower trading costs from closer EU-UK ties

The EU and the UK remain each other’s most important trading partners for agri-food products, despite frictions linked to Brexit. A reduction of red tape could help farmers and other traders on both sides of the Channel, although businesses are waiting for details.

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