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The arrivals are the first to have made the crossing to the UK in more than a week.

The HMS Tyne kept a check on the kilo-class submarine Krasnodar as it travelled back to Russia.

HMS Tyne tracks kilo-class submarine Krasnodar in Nato operation

Kneejerk policy changes won’t win over Reform voters, or stop boats crossing the Channel. Here’s what the government should do instead, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

A fresh row has broken out over the Channel migrant crisis after a UK Border Force vessel sailed into French waters to pick up asylum seekers.

Pictures show people wearing life jackets being brought ashore in Dover on the warmest day of the year so far.

Labour’s plan to pay landlords to house Channel migrants could soon see thousands of properties taken up across 120 different communities.

Last year the figure of 10,000 was not reached until May 24, while in 2023 it was June 17.

New tactics designed to disrupt people smuggling gangs will come into force over the next few months

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As The Independent reveals, up to £2bn of private contracts have been awarded since 2017 aimed at curbing illegal migration across the English Channel and the costs of asylum application processing. It is hard to point to any positive results of this gross expense

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest