Two Newport Beach paddlers set out to cross from England to France, and ended up breaking a record in the process.

The government has vowed to crack down on people smuggling gangs, but they have faced accusations of mimicking Reform UK’s ...

Less than a year after Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went down in flames amid a failed promise to “stop the boats,” ...

U.K. government figures Sunday showed that more than 1,100 migrants arrived in the country on Saturday in small boats from ...

One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel ...

U.K. government figures Sunday showed nearly 1,200 migrants arrived in the country Saturday in small boats from France across ...

A duo piloting an overcrowded boat off the Kent coast in a tragedy that killed a woman and child have been jailed for eight months.

It brings the number of deaths this week on the risky migration route to at least three, French maritime authorities said.

Some 1,194 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats on Saturday, a record for this year according ...

France has agreed to change its rules so police can prevent people in the water from getting on to boats, but this has not yet come into effect.

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Sir Keir Starmer is urged to pause EU fishing ‘surrender’ until France stops the small boats crossing the Channel.