The first migrants of 2025 have been intercepted by officials trying to cross the English Channel, even as temperatures ...

The Conservative Party's "Stop the Boats" slogan has been ditched in favor of Labour's "Smash the Gangs "approach, with a ...

Travel bans and restrictions on access to phones and social media are among new measures planned by the British government in ...

Suspected people smugglers will face travel bans, social media blackouts and phone restrictions under new laws, the ...

Statistics from the UK Home Office reveal that more than 36,000 asylum seekers crossed the English Channel “illegally” into the UK in 2024. This represents a 25% increase compared to 2023.

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has described the government's latest plan to tackle people smugglers as more "bureaucratic tinkering".

Suspected people smugglers could face travel and social media bans as the government announced a fresh bid to limit arrivals ...

Interim serious crime prevention orders will also allow law enforcement agencies to place tough conditions on suspected ...

According to an interior ministry report, people from Vietnam, Iran and Syria fueled the surge in numbers, with Afghanistan accounting for the single largest group of arrivals in the first nine months ...

The 2024 total, however, was still well below the record 45,774 undocumented migrants who arrived on the UK’s shores in ...

Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said the status quo "is not working" as he called on ministers to look ...

Research by the Refugee Council suggested that more migrants died in the Channel in 2024 than in the previous three years ...