The Latest Breaking News from the English Channel

More than 17,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year

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It comes as new data showed Eritreans have become the most common nationality crossing the English Channel in small boats

One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel

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The death comes after more than 700 migrants crossed the English Channel on Tuesday.

A Home Office spokesman said ministers are ‘intensifying’ collaboration with France and other European countries.

Since Sir Keir Starmer took up residence in Number 10, more than 30,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a lack of coordination between U.K. police and intelligence agencies is partly responsible for a surge in the number of migrants reaching the U.K. in small boats across the English Channel

PM appealed to voters frustrated at the ongoing flow of migrants across the English Channel, saying he shares their ‘anger’ at illegal migration