People along the French coast hoping to cross the English Channel on small boats have spoken to the BBC about their futures.

Faced with a growing number of Channel migrant crossings, France hopes to stop more small boats from reaching Britain by changing its rules of engagement to intercept vessels, France's interior ...

The change is set to come as some 17,000 economic migrants and asylum seekers have already reached UK shores so far this year ...

People thought to be migrants wade through the sea to board a small boat leaving the beach at Gravelines, France, in an attempt to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel (Gareth Fuller/PA ...

Migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel as Chancellor Rachel ... according to the Sun newspaper. The paper reported Ms Cooper has gained £100 million to spend on ...

Has Labour ‘allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history’? Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice MP claimed in a newspaper ... were detected crossing the English Channel in small ...

Taxpayers are said to have been paying thousands for an asylum seeker's dog to stay in the UK. The German Shepherd crossed the Channel in a dingy packed with migrants. It reportedly needs to be ...

COUNTLESS migrants have boarded packed boats in France to make the treacherous journey across the English Channel to the UK. French police ... arrivals of migrants crossing the Channel in small ...

Yvette Cooper has demanded the French start intercepting migrant boats at sea “as swiftly as possible.” The Home Secretary ...

The new tactics come after officers were criticised for standing by and watching overcrowded, unseaworthy vessels set off across the Channel ...