UK earmarks £700m for small boat arrivals until 2030 At least £700 million has been set aside by the Home Office to help manage the…
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Fines hiked for firms employing illegal migrants Businesses and landlords who are knowingly supporting illegal migrants are now set to face even bigger fines under…
Last crossings were on Christmas Day, with none recorded in last six days of the year More than 45,000 people crossed the Channel to the…
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI (Picture: PA)
A total of 45,756 migrants have risked their lives to cross the Channel to the UK in 2022, new government figures show.
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Sky News says the government plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing in an attempt to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel.