A father seeking asylum in Europe has described how brutal conditions in Calais have traumatised his daughter as he re-lived their failed bids to cross the English Channel in a small dinghy.
A soldier “desperate” for money joined a ring of migrant smugglers so he could pay off spiralling gambling debts prompted by the horror of seeing his best friend killed in action, a court has heard.
Europe’s latest migrant stand-off has come to a conclusion as 47 migrants kept at sea for nearly two weeks while Italy pressured European countries to take them in finally disembarked from their rescue ship in Sicily.
The European human rights court has told Italy to provide food, water and medical care to the ship stranded off Sicily containing 47 migrants and four British rescuers.
An international pop star said she found two stowaways hiding inside her tour bus as she prepared to enter the UK from continental Europe.
Four British rescuers stranded off Sicily while facing an investigation for supposedly assisting illegal migration have called on the Foreign Secretary to intervene to free them and the 47 people they saved from the sea.
Britain will step up pressure to return to France migrants who have crossed the English Channel, the Immigration Minister has pledged.
Britain will step up pressure to return to France migrants who have crossed the English Channel, the Immigration Minister has pledged.
A further 23 migrants have been intercepted by the Border Force in the English Channel, bringing the weekend total for arrivals to almost 40.
Sixteen male migrants have been detained after three small boats landed on UK shores, authorities said.
Suspected migrants crammed into a small dinghy have been towed to the coast at Dover by the Border Force, video appears to show.
Up to 117 migrants might have died when a rubber dinghy capsized in the Mediterranean off Libya, survivors said.
Officials have found a group of eight migrants who travelled across the Channel in an inflatable dinghy.
Campaigners led chants welcoming refugees to UK shores in an anti-racism demonstration, amid claims of “growing tensions” in Kent coastal towns due to the so-called migrant crisis.
Campaigners have called for compassion towards migrants braving the Channel as they host a vigil welcoming refugees to the UK.
The 32 survivors of a rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea are in “a desperate situation”, a campaigner has said.
The French authorities have set out plans to prevent migrants in small boats risking the dangerous cross-Channel crossing to England.
A Royal Navy vessel has been deployed to patrol the Straits of Dover amid concern about refugees crossing the English Channel.
Detectives are continuing to question two men arrested on suspicion of arranging the illegal movement of migrants into the UK.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of arranging the illegal movement of migrants into the UK as the Home Secretary requested the help of the Navy to patrol the English Channel.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has questioned whether migrants using small boats to make risky journeys across the English Channel are genuine asylum seekers.
Two more Border Force cutters will patrol the English Channel after scores of migrants risked the perilous crossing over the Christmas period, Sajid Javid has announced.
A group of 12 migrants including a 10-year-old child have been detained after landing on a Kent beach, the Home Office said.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is holding talks with Whitehall chiefs on Monday as he prepares to step up action on migrants’ attempts to reach Britain by boat from France.
The UK and France have agreed to step up action to deal with migrants making the perilous attempt to cross the English Channel in small boats.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is under pressure to “get a grip” on the issue of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel amid criticism over the Government’s response.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid has promised to do more to stop small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel, after cutting short his Christmas break to deal with what he described as a “major incident”.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid is cutting short a Christmas break to return to the UK to tackle a wave of attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel by boat.
The Government’s immigration minister is to visit Dover on Saturday after Home Secretary Sajid Javid declared the rising number of migrants attempting to cross the English Channel a “major incident”.
A Spanish aid boat carrying more than 300 migrants rescued at sea has arrived in Spain after a week’s journey across the western Mediterranean.