US EditionSmall boats packed with 'more than 400' migrants crossing Channel towards UK
- Over 400 migrants crossed the Channel on April 8, 2025, with a record 7,000 arrivals in the UK this year, according to GB News.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced plans to end people smuggling and has dedicated additional funding to a new Border Security Command.
- Home Office officials emphasized their commitment to dismantling people-smuggling operations that exploit vulnerable individuals for profit and disregard their safety.
- Government officials indicated that people smuggling gangs took advantage of favorable weather to send out multiple boats from France.
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Migrant numbers pass a record 7,000 this year, as hundreds more cross Channel today
A record 7,000 small boat migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year, as hundreds more crossed the English Channel today.People smuggling gangs took advantage of a small 12 hour weather window to push out multiple migrant boats from the French coast. GB News counted a total of 428 Channel migrants as they were brought to the Border Force migrant processing centre at Dover harbour throughout the day.At one point this morning, every availabl…
The Sun
Fury as France wastes UK taxpayer cash on 'open' barriers to stop traffickers
FRENCH officials have been blasted for spending British taxpayer cash on “pathetic” road barriers in a bid to stop small-boat crossings. They are aimed at preventing people smugglers taking boats, motors and life jackets to beaches. The wide open road barrier is in use only at night GoogleThe site before the barrier was installed[/caption] Two have been installed, including the one pictured here, at Les Hemmes de Marck, a mile east of Calais. Bu…
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