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2024 saw the second highest number of arrivals in a year since data on Channel crossings began in 2018
The British government's contentious policy to stem the flow of migrants faces one of its toughest challenges this week as the U.K. Supreme Court weighs whether it’s lawful to send asylum ...
Some migrants don't even try for new lives in the EU anymore. They are flying to France from as far away as Vietnam to attempt the Channel crossing after failing to get permission to enter the U.K ...
[16] [1] The over-arching aim of Operation Isotrope was said to be deterrence, in addition to the interception of any boats to prevent illegal migrants from landing on UK shores. [1] According to Defence Minister James Heappey , Royal Navy vessels most likely to be used in the operation were some of the Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol ...
On 24 November 2021, an inflatable dinghy, carrying 30 migrants across the English Channel from France to the UK, capsized whilst still in French territorial waters near Calais and Dunkirk. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Twenty-seven people were found dead, while two others survived and were rescued, and another is still missing.
An increasing number of refugees and migrants have been entering the United Kingdom illegally by crossing the English Channel in the last decades. The Strait of Dover section between Dover in England and Calais in France represents the shortest sea crossing, and is a long-established shipping route.
In March the UK Home Office started a social media campaign to deter Vietnamese people from illegal migration. Some efforts were also made by the Vietnamese government to alert people to the risks ...
The number of migrants arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the English Channel in small boats was up by a quarter on the previous year, figures show. Some 36,816 people made the journey in ...