U.S. attacks on alleged narcotics trafficking boats continue unabated with little apparent concern for near-unanimous legal condemnation. The Trump administration justifies these attacks as an ...

Up until now French police would rarely intervene to stop crossings, due to the perceived risk to officers and civilians France has agreed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, following ...

The Treasury watchdog has cast doubt on Labour’s plan to cut small boat crossings and close asylum hotels. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said the timescale set out to address the Channel ...

The government has been accused of “fuelling an arms race of dangerous interceptions” that could “turn the Channel into a graveyard” after it emerged that French police will use large nets to stop ...

French police will use large nets to stop small boats crossing the English Channel – despite warnings that such tactics could lead to deaths. France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to ...

Migrants react to French police as they board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the Channel from the beach at Gravelines, near Dunkirk in northern France, April 26, 2024. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP ...

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An Australian Border Force vessel carrying four modified fishing boats docked in Broome this week. Multiple sources say the boats are part of a program where Commonwealth agencies give modified ...

09:51, Wed, Nov 12, 2025 Updated: 09:52, Wed, Nov 12, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has been dealt a humiliating blow as his one-in, one-out migrant deal with France has resulted in fewer crossings prevented.

The latest arrivals came in seven small boats on Saturday, with more vessels making the crossing from France on Sunday. It brings the total for the past three days to 1,772, and for the year so far to ...

A total of 503 migrants crossed the English Channel in one day as the Government considers a major shake-up of the country’s immigration rules. The latest arrivals came in seven small boats on ...