Graph shows arrivals crossing the English Channel in small boats (PA Graphics) More than 28,000 people have crossed the Channel so far this year, according to official figures. Just under 30,000 ...

Searches continue for any missing people in the area. This comes just days after a child died when a boat carrying nearly 70 migrants sank in the Channel. The baby was found unconscious following the ...

She has mobility issues and is unable to get into her shower, which doesn’t have any support rails, and so has been using the small sink and a plastic ... to ’rock the boat’ with their ...

The French coastguard says that two migrants have died and dozens of others were rescued after a boat sank in the English Channel. A rescue operation was launched on Wednesday as the group tried ...

On 18 October, 647 migrants crossed the English Channel in 10 small boats, bringing the total number of people arriving in 2024 to 28,204. The figure is almost 8% higher than at the same point ...

Three migrants have died after their packed boat sank as they tried to cross the Channel to reach Britain, according to French authorities. A small boat carrying around 50 people sank a mile off ...

A month later, a two-year-old boy and three adults died when their overloaded boats got into trouble. An increasing number of children are dying in the small boats because they are vulnerable to ...

On 18 October, 647 migrants crossed the English Channel in 10 small boats, bringing the total number of people arriving in 2024 to 28,204. The figure is almost 8% higher than at the same point ...

A total of 27,509 people have arrived in the UK in small boats so far this year after crossing the channel – 5% higher than the equivalent point last year. The total arrivals is 26% lower than ...

The French authorities said three of the migrants died after the boat sank, bringing the total number of deaths this year to 56 compared with just 12 last year. Two died at the scene with the ...