Border Force brings groups to Dover following overnight Channel crossings
Over 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in 2025, prompting UK and Germany to enhance legal measures against people smuggling, officials said.
- Groups thought to be migrants have been brought into Dover by the Border Force after overnight Channel crossings.
- So far in 2025, 40,652 migrants have made the dangerous Channel crossing, though this is still fewer than the record 45,755 arrivals in 2022.
- A new German law aims to give more powers to law enforcement and prosecutors to target people smugglers trying to bring migrants to the UK.
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Groups arrive in Dover after busy night of small boat Channel crossings
People could be seen leaving northern France on Friday night and into Saturday on small boats.
Migrants clash with French police as hundreds cross Channel for second consecutive weekend
French police have clashed with migrants this morning, as hundreds crossed the English Channel for the second weekend in a row.GB News can reveal members of the gendarmerie fired tear gas and clashed with a large group of migrants as they attempted to launch a small boat from a river near Dunkirk.The People's Channel can also reveal that at least 500 migrants launched from French beaches on Saturday morning.It is another milestone for the UK Gov…
Germany approves ten-year jail law for smugglers as 40,000 cross Channel | The latest National and International News
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into the Border Force compound in Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA) Gareth Fuller Border Force officers brought migrants suspected of illegal entry into Dover on Saturday following a busy night of Channel crossings from northern France. The arrivals coincide with Germany passing tough new legislation this week that could jail people smugglers for up to 10 years. Since the start of 2025, 40,652 migrants…
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