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Government & Politics

Asylum seekers: UK spending almost £7m a day on hotels

October 26, 2022 Judith Burns  

(BBC) The UK is spending almost £7m a day on hotels for asylum seekers — and the cost is likely to rise, MPs on the Home Affairs Committee have heard. The figure is more than £2m higher than the government said it […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: More than 270 people cross the Channel on Sunday

December 20, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 270 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Sunday, the Home Office confirmed. It comes after more than 900 people crossed on Thursday and Friday. Border Force officials brought 274 people in 11 boats into the Port […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: More than 900 cross Channel in two days

December 18, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 900 people have crossed the Channel in small boats over two days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Thursday 559 people were picked up off the Kent coast after making the crossing in 19 boats, and on Friday 358 […]

Crime

Channel crossings: Smugglers are using ‘death trap’ boats, agency says

December 12, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Dangerous and unseaworthy boats are being used to smuggle people across the Channel to the UK from France, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. The NCA said there had been a trend towards large inflatables of up to 10m (32ft) […]

Government & Politics

Channel crossings: UK offer to patrol French beaches ‘still on table’

December 3, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) An official appointed to prevent migrants crossing the English Channel says an offer to put UK officers on French beaches “remains on the table.” French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday it “cannot accept” the presence of UK police or […]

Crime

Channel migrant deaths: Smugglers net millions per kilometer

November 27, 2021 Lori Hinnant and Danica Kirka  

(AP) The price to cross the English Channel varies according to the network of smugglers, between 3,000 and 7,000 euros ($3,380 and $8,000) though there are rumors of discounts. Often, the fee also includes a very short-term tent rental in the windy […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: Almost 700 cross the English Channel

November 11, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Almost 700 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed. The French authorities stopped 255 people in seven boats with UK authorities intercepting or rescuing 695 people in 22 small boats. Children were among […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: More than 500 people cross the Channel

November 10, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 500 people crossed from France to the UK in 16 small boats on Tuesday, the Home Office has confirmed. French authorities also prevented 307 people in eight boats from making the crossing. So far this year 21,649 migrants have […]

Government & Politics

English Channel: Priti Patel accused of ‘incompetence’ as crossings pass record of 20,000 this year (LINK ONLY)

November 3, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

More than 20,000 people have crossed Channel to UK this year, figures show (LINK ONLY)

November 3, 2021 EoI News  

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Migrant crossings: More than 800 migrants cross Channel in three days

October 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 800 people have crossed the English Channel to Kent over three days, the Home Office has said. On Saturday 410 people were intercepted in 11 boats, followed by 102 migrants in three boats on Sunday and another 294 in […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: Channel boats bring 364 more people

October 11, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Eleven boats with 364 migrants on board crossed the English Channel to reach Kent on Sunday, the Home Office said. French authorities also stopped 16 vessels, preventing over 500 further migrants from making the crossing. It follows 40 boat crossings on […]

Government & Politics

More than 1,000 cross Channel as UK urged to honour £54m pledge to France (LINK ONLY)

October 10, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Channel migrants: Crossing numbers in 2021 double 2020’s figure

September 27, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 660 migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday, bringing the total so far this year to more than double the total for 2020. The Home Office said 669 people crossed in 22 boats on Sunday, with the French authorities […]

Immigration

Number of people crossing English Channel nearly doubles 2020 record (LINK ONLY)

September 26, 2021 EoI News  

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Channel crossings: September sees record number of migrants

September 23, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More migrants have crossed the Channel in small boats so far in September than in any other previous month since the crisis began. According to the Home Office, 459 migrants were intercepted on Wednesday, on 14 boats. The total number of […]

Immigration

Channel crossings: More than 400 migrants intercepted

September 19, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 400 migrants have been intercepted or rescued while crossing the Channel on small boats, the Home Office has confirmed. UK authorities dealt with 426 people in 14 incidents on Saturday. French officials dealt with 28 people in two incidents […]

Immigration

Migrant crossings: More than 400 people cross Channel in three days

September 17, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 400 migrants have crossed the English Channel in three days, the Home Office has confirmed. On Wednesday, 85 people made the crossing, followed by 222 on Thursday and 174 on Friday. The French authorities stopped 267 people from making […]

Government & Politics

Channel migrant boats will be intercepted by armoured jet skis and turned back to France (LINK ONLY)

September 10, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home secretary sanctions tactics to turn back migrant boats in Channel — reports (LINK ONLY)

September 9, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Stop more migrants crossing Channel or pay the price, France warned (LINK ONLY)

September 7, 2021 EoI News  

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Priti Patel appoints former counter-terror police chief to help lead borders crackdown (LINK ONLY)

August 24, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Record number of migrants cross Channel in a day

August 23, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel to the UK on Saturday — setting a new record for crossings in a single day. The Home Office said nearly 200 people making the trip were also stopped by the French authorities. […]

Immigration

Nearly 600 people cross English Channel to UK in new daily record (LINK ONLY)

August 13, 2021 EoI News  

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Channel crossings: Hundreds more migrants reach UK after record day

August 5, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) A further 475 migrants crossed the English Channel in 15 small boats on Thursday, following a record 482 arrivals on Wednesday. The Ministry of Defence earlier said an exercise on its firing range at Hythe had to be stopped on Wednesday […]

Immigration

English Channel crossings pass 10,000 as new daily record reached (LINK ONLY)

August 5, 2021 EoI News  

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Migrant Channel crossings: 281 people reach the UK

August 4, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Small boats carrying 281 people were intercepted trying to cross the Channel on Tuesday. Border Force officials stopped seven boats, while French authorities intercepted one crossing carrying a further 20 migrants. So far this year more than 9,700 people have reached […]

Government & Politics

Home Office set up fake website to deter asylum seekers from crossing Channel with ‘misleading’ claims (LINK ONLY)

July 31, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

I will try until I die — Migrants in France determined to seek better life in UK (LINK ONLY)

July 29, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

Number of English Channel crossings surpasses 2020 record five months quicker (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Immigration

French navy dumps boat of migrants on baffled TV crew in English Channel (LINK ONLY)

July 20, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

More than 200 migrants attempt Channel crossing as tougher penalties announced (LINK ONLY)

July 5, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Jail for man who steered boat of asylum seekers across the Channel (LINK ONLY)

March 6, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Channel migrants: Pilot of ‘overcrowded’ boat jailed

February 5, 2021 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) An Iranian man who steered a group of migrants across the English Channel in a “dangerously overcrowded” small boat has been jailed for two years. Sadrallah Bahador, 35, was picked up by a Border Force vessel from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat […]

Government & Politics

Drones searching for migrant boats crossing Channel to be controlled from new ‘command centre’ in Dover (LINK ONLY)

January 28, 2021 EoI News  

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Crime

Migrant jailed after being spotted steering two dinghies across Channel (LINK ONLY)

January 21, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Priti Patel sets up secret new high-tech command HQ in war on people smugglers (LINK ONLY)

January 9, 2021 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Migrants in EU border areas to see social media ads warning against voyage to UK (LINK ONLY)

December 21, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Home Office to deploy ‘stealth squad’ of speedboats and jet skis to catch Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)

December 17, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Turning back migrant boats at sea ‘could be key component in tackling crossings’ (LINK ONLY)

December 2, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Government refuses to rule out wave machine to deter Channel crossings (LINK ONLY)

December 2, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Four migrant boats cross English Channel

November 24, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Four small boats carrying 54 migrants have crossed the English Channel this week, the Home Office said. Eleven people reached the UK in one boat earlier, with 43 entering British waters in three vessels on Monday. A further 200 people were […]

Immigration

Nearly 160 migrants attempt to cross Channel to UK

November 10, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Six boats carrying 159 people have been found by UK authorities as migrants continue to try to cross the English Channel. The Home Office released Tuesday’s figures and said authorities in France prevented about 30 people making the journey on the […]

Children & Teens

Child among migrants to cross the English Channel

November 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) A child was among 96 migrants to have crossed the Channel in the last two days. It is thought to be the first crossings in small boats since a family died attempting the journey. The Home Office says 56 people made […]

Crime

People smugglers who steered two boats of migrants jailed

November 3, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Two men have been jailed for smuggling themselves and 23 other people across the Channel on two small boats. Iraqi national Assad Abdul Latif Sayed Abdulghany, 30, and Iranian national Ali Azarkish, 23, were both sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment on […]

Government & Politics

Migrant crossings: France ‘resists UK offer of surveillance plane to monitor beaches’ (LINK ONLY)

October 29, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Migrants: Thirty people intercepted crossing Channel in small boats

October 24, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) More than 30 people, understood to be migrants, have been brought to shore after attempting to cross the Channel in small boats. Border Force said it dealt with four incidents involving 33 people on Friday. More than 7,400 people have been […]

Government & Politics

Britain to use nets to ‘disable’ dinghies carrying migrants across Channel (LINK ONLY)

October 10, 2020 EoI News  

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Immigration

Migrant boats intercepted in English Channel

September 29, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(BBC) Three boats have been intercepted in the English Channel as migrants continue to try to reach the UK. The Home Office said the vessels were carrying 48 people but has not given details of where they were from. Dan O’Mahoney, clandestine […]

Government & Politics

Patel: Home Office looking at creating safe routes for asylum seekers (LINK ONLY)

September 28, 2020 EoI News  

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