The deal could see migrants who arrive in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats returned to France.

The deal could see migrants who arrive in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats returned to France, while the UK would accept those with legitimate claims to join family already in the ...

Migrants who arrive in the UK after crossing from France would be returned - unless they have legitimate claims to join ...

The government previously vowed to crack down on people smuggling gangs across the Channel, while crossings are at a record ...

Rescue personnel bring migrants ashore, after a boat carrying migrants from France sunk in the English Channel, in Dover, Britain August 12, 2023, in this still image obtained from social media.

Britain already has a deal with France to try and prevent refugees and and migrants from crossing the Channel, but until now, authorities have resisted entering the water themselves.

The UK and France will hold a summit in July focused on tackling the migration problem, No 10 said after a meeting between the Prime Minister and French president on the margins of the G7 in Canada.

France has agreed to draw up a plan to stop small boats in the English Channel with new patrol vessels. The French government is understood to be expanding its Navy with new patrol boats that could ...

PARIS (Reuters) -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 ...