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A new company is offering swimmers the chance to cover the same distance as a cross-Channel swim but in friendlier waters – and with some tempting stops en route

More than 25,000 people have crossed the English Channel to the UK in 2025, the highest total this early in the year.

I have spent the past two years examining the living conditions in informal refugee camps along the northern coast of France as part of an ongoing research project on borders. These sites are where people gather before attempting to cross the Channel to the UK.

The company’s CEO will attempt to cross the English Channel without a parachute to use in an emergency.

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…

The UK imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and China accused of helping migrants cross the Channel.

Operator says if rivals are allowed to squeeze into existing facilities it could jeopardise its investment

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

The first wave of sanctions to be imposed on Wednesday will target those involved in supplying small boats for Channel crossings.