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The secret Californian islands that escape most tourists’ radars

The Channel Islands are home to rocky cliffs, sandy beaches, wildlife – and very few visitors, finds Ellie Seymour

The Independent UK

More than 1,000 migrants cross Channel in first four days of month, figures show

Some 1,168 people made the journey between March 1 and 4, bringing the total number of arrivals for the year so far to 3,224.

Evening Standard

Russian ships bristling with guns shadowed by Royal Navy in English Channel and North Sea

Nato allies were also involved in the monitoring operation

Evening Standard

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‘Stop the boats’ slogan was too stark, says Rishi Sunak

Former prime minister says drive to stop Channel crossings was correct, but message ‘wasn’t quite right’

The Guardian - UK

‘More people would be alive if rescue came quickly’ – Channel crossing survivor

Issa Mohamed Omar told the Cranston Inquiry how he wants justice, and is a voice for his fellow passengers who died.

Evening Standard

Channel migrant dinghy tragedy ‘entirely predictable’, inquiry hears

Cranston inquiry begins hearing evidence into the biggest ever loss of life in a Channel migrant crossing

The Guardian - UK

Deadliest Channel crossing incident a ‘terrible human tragedy’ – inquiry

One of the questions raised is how passengers were left in the water more than 12 hours after distress calls were made to UK authorities.

The Independent UK

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Downing Street defends small boats plan as over 1,100 migrants cross Channel in first days of March

Some 1,168 people have made the dangerous journey from France to the UK already this month, Home Office data shows

Evening Standard

Nearly 600 migrants cross Channel in highest daily total of 2025

Figures published on Monday indicated that some 592 migrants arrived on March 2 across 11 boats.

Evening Standard

France and UK find common ground on tackling illegal Channel crossings

French and British interior ministers have committed to strengthening the fight against illegal migration, including France lifting a ban on police stopping migrant boats at sea.

Radio France Internationale

Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN

Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officials

The Guardian - UK

St Pancras and Channel tunnel plan rail routes to Germany and Switzerland

Partnership comes as London station looks at ways to almost triple passenger numbers

The Guardian - UK

25,000 migrants cross Channel since Starmer became PM, provisional figures show

Home Office figures show 240 people made the journey in four boats on Saturday.

The Independent UK

One dies in attempted Channel crossing after small boat sinks off Calais coast

A further 69 people were rescued in what French authorities called a very busy night for crossings

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Radio France Internationale

French rescuers saved more than 6,000 migrants in Channel last year

French authorities reported they had rescued 6,310 migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach the UK in 2024, a 30 percent rise on the previous year.

Radio France Internationale

French police arrest six people after migrants' bodies found on northern beach

Authorities have arrested six people after the bodies of two migrants were found on a northern France beach following a failed bid to cross the Channel and reach Britain, French prosecutors said Monday.

Evening Standard

Flagship immigration and asylum reforms clear first Commons test

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the measures would ‘strengthen UK border security’ although concerns were raised by some Labour MPs and the Tories.

Evening Standard

Inside Home Office deportations as 19,000 illegal migrants and foreign criminals removed from UK

Social media campaigns warning about the dangers of illegal working in Britain have gone live in Vietnam and Albania, but migrants continue to cross the Channel

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Six Arrested After Migrants' Bodies Found On French Beach

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Overcrowded Migrant Boat Sinks in Channel as Women and Toddler Are Miraculously Rescued

A small boat carrying 57 migrants, including four women and a toddler, sank off the coast of Calais on Sunday, leaving one individual hospitalized.

Evening Standard

Minister defends publishing raids footage in illegal worker arrests crackdown

Dame Angela Eagle said it is important to show what the Government is doing as it announced thousands of illegal workers were arrested since July.

Evening Standard

London nail bars and car washes targeted as 4,000 illegal workers arrested in immigration raids

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said criminal gangs are encouraging record numbers to cross the Channel in small boats

Evening Standard

Thousands of illegal workers arrested in Government border security crackdown

The drive comes as the Government’s Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is set to be debated in the House of Commons.

International Business Times

'Shocking' UK Reality TV Show Retraces Refugee Journeys

Britain's newest reality TV show has been slammed as "insensitive", "voyeuristic" and even "nauseating" for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees to the UK. Bluntly titled "Go Back to Where You Came From", the part-documentary, part-reality TV show by Channel 4 follows the…

Evening Standard

Go Back to Where You Came From review: should this be called 'I'm a Bigot, Get Me Out of Here!'?

3.5/5 Channel 4’s new documentary sends a group of people with anti-immigration views over to exactly where refugees come from, to see if this changes their views, with mixed results

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