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 ...

Nearly 37,000 undocumented migrants successfully reached the United Kingdom in 2024 by crossing the English Channel in small ...

At least 77 migrants perished on the perilous sea route in 2024 compared to 12 in 2023, according to French officials.

New serious crime prevention orders can be imposed before prosecution and also restrict travel abroad and financial dealing ...

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 ...

Some 36,816 people made the journey in 2024, a jump of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to provisional figures from the Home Office. | ITV National News ...

Migrant smuggling gangs are launching more overcrowded boats than ever before as police attempt to destroy their supply ...