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Police in five European countries uncover network believed to have smuggled 10,000 people in 18 months

Dozens of raids are also taking place in Germany, France and the Netherlands as part of a joint operation with Europol and Eurojust.

French police are holding 10 people suspected to be involved in the November 2021 English Channel drowning, a judicial source claims

French police were on Thursday holding 10 people suspected of involvement in the November 2021 drowning of 27 migrants in the English Channel.

The crossings bring the total to have arrived in the UK so far this year to 12,606.

The total who have made the dangerous crossing so far this year is 12,337.

More than 12,300 migrants have risked their lives to reach Britain in small boats crossing the Channel so far this year – at least double the number in the same period of 2021.

A total of 153 migrants on four boats were intercepted by the UK authorities on Monday.

Assembling in the Bavarian Alps of south-west Germany, there appeared to be great unity among G7 leaders for ramping up military support for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia. This was particularly the case between Boris Johnson and French president Emmanuel Macron, where a détente seemed to break out following months,…