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

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

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 ...

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 ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Migrants have been brought ashore in a lifeboat after crossing the English Channel. Pictures show people wearing blankets, life jackets and ...

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

Government data from May indicated immigrants from Vietnam had become the "single largest group crossing the Channel illegally ... expert Mimi Vu told the newspaper. "It can take months, even years, ...

The number of overloaded dinghies crossing the Channel with more than 80 migrants on board has trebled in a year, Home Office figures have revealed. Ruthless people-smuggling gang ...

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 ...

If they successfully make the crossing over the Channel, those migrants without families or friends already in the UK are often put to work by the smuggling gangs who meet them on the other side ...