Mobile phones and sim cards will be seized from migrants without needing to arrest them from Monday (5 January 2026) as part of efforts to tackle Channel crossings and people smugglers. Officers will ...

The UK’s latest deal with France to curb Channel crossings does not match the scale or urgency of the crisis and is “recycling the same failed response”, critics have claimed. The agreement, hiking ...

Home Office records seven consecutive days of small boat Channel crossings for first time this year - Some 1,200 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far in March, bringing the 2026 total to 3 ...

An inquiry into the deadliest Channel crossing on record has said small boat crossings “must end” to prevent further deaths, as it concluded some of the 30 victims could have been saved in the tragedy ...