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Home Office records busiest December day for migrant Channel crossings on record

More than 34,500 people have made the crossing from France so far this year

Evening Standard

Migrant Channel crossings top 34,000 for year so far

Crossings resumed on Thursday after an eight-day hiatus, with more than 600 arriving in a single day.

The Independent UK

Migrant Channel crossings resume amid calmer weather after storms

Provisional Home Office figures show 33,973 people have arrived in the UK after making the crossing so far this year.

Evening Standard

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Eagle: People-smuggling gangs must be stopped even with ‘whack-a-mole’ approach

Dame Angela Eagle was asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme if the Government’s plans on people smuggling go far enough.

Evening Standard

Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog.

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Young children brought ashore as migrants cross English Channel

Pictures show the small youngsters being carried as they reached Dover, while men and women were also in warm clothes amid colder weather conditions.

Evening Standard

Man jailed for smuggling 29,000 skull-shaped ecstasy tablets into UK

Marshall Scurfield, 22, used Snapchat to arrange for the delivery of the tablets to his address in South Tyneside.

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Over 90 tonnes of illegal 'party drugs' seized at UK border in first six months of 2024

The confiscations included "significant quantities of so-called party drugs" cocaine and ketamine, the Government said

Evening Standard

Furious French mayors accuse UK of ‘being in denial’ over migrant crossings in demand over cross-border deal

The group of northern French mayors are calling for Border Force officers to be sent back to the UK

The Independent UK

Cruel twist as ankle bracelet strapped back on refugee

An ankle monitor removed from an Afghan refugee has been reattached by officials despite the High Court ruling such visa measures to be punitive.

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Starmer: Taking down gangs ‘single most effective way’ to stop small boats

The Prime Minister said that he had discussed stopping smuggling gangs with his counterparts in Germany, Italy and France.

Evening Standard

Tories say migration deals ‘won’t work’ as Government vows to ‘tackle upstream’

The comments come as official figures show that over 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in the last week.

Evening Standard

Garngi rangers rescued foreign nationals stranded by boat. Local leaders say Australia’s border force is ‘asleep at the wheel’

The discovery of four men follows a series of recent sightings of vessels and people along the Northern Territory coastline

The Guardian - AU

Four arrests after 400kg cocaine cargo found on fishing boat

The NCA said three men were arrested on the boat off the coast of Kent on Sunday morning.

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Evening Standard

People smugglers who hid Afghan family in rubbish-filled van jailed

The youngest child was ‘extremely unwell and drifting in and out of consciousness’ when the family were discovered by Border Force officers in France.

Evening Standard

Women and children among latest arrivals on small boats crossing Channel

The latest figures bring the total for the year so far to 31,975.

Evening Standard

People smuggling gang behind 10,000 migrant Channel crossings convicted

The ringleader was jailed for 15 years after a trial in France.

The Independent UK

Migrants arrive in UK after crossing English Channel

Pictures show people wearing life jackets coming ashore in Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel.

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer to create team to tackle ‘national security’ threat of people smugglers

PM to address border crisis amid concern that small boats crossing Channel will remain key issue this parliament

Evening Standard

Female volleyball pro one of three jailed after 100 kilos of cannabis seized at Heathrow

Raekelle Powell, 22, admitted being paid £166 to carry her suitcase

The Guardian - UK

EU citizen caught up in Home Office residency backlog forcibly removed from UK

Border Force puts Costa Koushiappis on plane with three days’ notice after request to remain rejected

The Guardian - UK

EU citizen who applied for pre-settled status is to be deported from Scotland

Greek Cypriot Costa Koushiappis to be removed from UK even though his application is pending with Home Office

Evening Standard

More than 30,000 migrants cross Channel this year as 564 arrive on Wednesday when man lost his life

Channel crossings continued on Thursday, with pictures showing groups of people wearing life jackets arriving in Dover

Evening Standard

Migrant dies in Channel as arrivals believed to have hit 30,000 for year so far

A man was declared dead when he was brought ashore in the rescue operation by a French navy helicopter and lifeboat on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard

Seven boats carrying 395 migrants cross Channel following break in bad weather

The arrivals on Friday bring the total for the year to 25,639.

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