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Ministers face renewed pressure over boat crossings
Labour says the "small boats nightmare" must end after six people died trying to cross the Channel.
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Channel migrants: More than 100,000 crossings made since 2018
The Home Office confirms that 755 people were detected making the crossing on Thursday.
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How and Why Illegal Border Crossings Have Dropped So Dramatically
In the 76 days since President Biden imposed tough new restrictions on the nation’s asylum system, the number of migrants crossing the United States’ [...]
Blocked Rail Crossings Snarl Towns, but Congress Won’t Act
Freight trains frequently stop and block the roads of York, Ala., sometimes cutting off two neighborhoods for hours. Emergency services and health car [...]
Sunak on boat crossings: The numbers are down
The PM said his plan to cut the number of migrants crossing the Channel in boats was working and numbers were down for the first time.Speaking in Kent [...]
Suella Braverman: No set date for stopping Channel crossings
The home secretary says the government cannot control timeframes on legal challenges to its Rwanda plan.
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How is the UK stopping Channel crossings and what are the legal routes to the UK?
Image source, Getty ImagesNew ex-military sites will accommodate thousands of migrants, the government has announced. It is part of plans to tackle sm [...]
Rishi Sunak to push Emmanuel Macron on efforts to stop small boat crossings
However, the two men are not expected to reach a deal on returning migrants to France.
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Yvette Cooper on Illegal Migration Bill to cut small boat crossings
The government's plan to cut the number of migrants in small boats crossing the English Channel was "just more chaos" the shadow home secretary has sa [...]
Suella Braverman on Illegal Migration Bill cutting small boat crossings
The home secretary said she was "confident" the bill to cut the number of boats crossing the Channel with asylum seekers was "compatible with internat [...]
Home Office to resume control of tackling migrant Channel crossings
The Royal Navy cedes control, as the home secretary warns small boats could cost the Tories the election.
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Biden Officials Credit New Border Measures for Decline in Illegal Crossings
Crossings by migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti have plummeted, but Republicans and some Democrats have attacked the new policies.
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Biden Will Announce New Border Policies to Reduce Illegal Crossings
President Biden is under increasing pressure to confront historic surges of people at the border.
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Home secretary on Channel crossings: I will tell you who is at fault
Quizzed on the numbers of people crossing the English Channel in boats, Suella Braverman has blamed the "people smugglers" and "people coming here ill [...]
Rishi Sunak warns there is ‘much more’ to do over crossings
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the issue of migrant crossings in the English Channel cannot be solved overnight. He argued the government was [...]