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In January 2021, all counter-migration operations in the English Channel were placed under the command of the Royal Navy and Operation Isotrope was launched. In March 2021, the Home Office published a New Plan for Immigration Policy Statement, which included proposals to reform the immigration system, including the possibility of offshore ...
The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 fell by more than a third from the previous year, marking the first decline since current record-keeping began, the British government said.
With the topic of English Channel crossings high up the news agenda again after a flurry of arrivals, the PA news agency has looked at some of the key questions on the topic.
WIMEREUX, France/DOVER, England (Reuters) -Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours ...
Sudanese migrants in Calais Jungle, June 2015. Migrants have gathered in and around Calais, on the northern French coast, since at least the late 1990s [1] seeking to enter the United Kingdom from the French port by crossing the Channel Tunnel [2] or stowing away in the cargo area of lorries heading for ferries that cross the English Channel. [3]
The English Channel, [a] [1] also known as the Channel, ... by people intent on entering Britain in circumvention of immigration controls. A failed attempt to cross ...
Almost 40,000 people have crossed the Channel on small boats and dinghies so far this year. Former immigration chief says asylum seekers should be held in a cruise liner on the Channel Skip to ...
Manston arrivals and processing centre [1] is a centre used for the processing of migrants who have crossed the English Channel, located on the former site of RAF Manston in Manston, Kent, United Kingdom. Opened in February 2022, it was intended to house around 1,000 to 1,600 people for less than 24 hours at a time, though by autumn 2022 it ...