Speaking in the Commons, Ms Cooper told MPs the Government had five tactics to address small boat crossings, including strengthening the border and clamping down on illegal working. Her statement came ...

In order to intensify the crossings, ‘microcamps’ have emerged: smaller temporary settlements closer to the beach.

The detention of 60-year-old Edouard Lallemand has prompted outrage from him and his wife and raised questions about ...

Meanwhile, the Tories said the latest figures show that small boat crossings have become “a free-for-all” since the party scrapped the previous Conservative government’s Rwanda plan.

Small boat arrivals have reached their highest ever level for the first six months of the year, and are set to soar as the summer progresses.

Shariful Hasan, associate director at BRAC, said, "For the past few years, Bangladeshis have been among the top nationalities trying to reach Italy by crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Many lose their ...

The prime minister has been struggling to bring down both the number of boat crossings and the amount of money spent on housing asylum seekers in hotels across the UK.

Nearly 24,000 migrants have made the perilous journey across the Channel so far in 2025, the highest ever tally at this point in a year.

Experts question the efficacy of the growing gantlet of electronic surveillance monitoring the U.S.-Canadian border.

United States Customs and Border Protection reported record-low border crossings in June. There were only 25,228 encounters nationwide and 6,072 apprehensions at the southern border.

Border Patrol agents made just over 6,000 arrests in June, according to government figures, a sign that President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies are working to keep people out.