The Latest Breaking News from the English Channel

As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – a remote piece of land in the Atlantic Ocean inhabited by fewer than 900 people. This idea was…

The UK may leave a major international human rights agreement to help tackle small boats crossing the English Channel.

A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter migrants from making risky journeys across the English Channel is unlawful

Iain Hughes spent two years training for a 21 mile swim across the English Channel but tragically never reached his destination with French authorities calling off the search

The search for a “highly respected and much-loved” firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for charity has been called off.

Liverpool and Rangers hero Graeme Souness has raised more than £1.2million - and counting - for charity after swimming the English channel in 12 hours and 17 minutes

Numbers rocket after as seas calm amid UK heatwave

Rishi Sunak said his plan to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel is working, but there is “work to do”, as he announced two more…

The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing of the English Channel have declined by around a fifth this year.