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Prime minister paused in a press conference and refused to say whether he would ‘stop the boats’, as his predecessor had pledged

Exclusive: UN experts urge Home Office to take ‘all necessary measures’ to halt alleged violations of children’s rights

Crossings resumed on Monday after a six-day hiatus amid poor weather conditions at sea

One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…

While French voters ponder the temptation of the far right, across the Channel they are also campaigning. But there, it feels like the revenge of the moderates. Out with Little Britain Brexiteers, out with Jeremy Corbyn's hard left, in with a more genteel version of the Labour Party. Before 2016,…

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

James Cleverly claimed the artist was ‘celebrating the loss of life in the Channel’ after a lifesize inflatable raft holding dummies of migrants was passed around the crowd

Artwork holding dummies of migrants interpreted by some as commentary on continuing loss of life in Channel

The home secretary attacked the artist and revellers at the festival for ‘joking about and celebrating’ small boat migration

More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel into Britain on Tuesday, setting a new record for 2024.

As prime minister, Rishi Sunak has been unable to “stop the boats”, his pledge on addressing irregular migration. Now, Keir Starmer is pitching an equally memorable slogan: “smash the gangs”.