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France and Britain are deploying more police and hi-tech surveillance equipment on the French northern coast to make small boat Channel crossings more difficult. Rights groups in Calais say that similar measures last year failed to stem the number of crossings, while migrants insist that they are prepared to take desperate measures to reach the UK. InfoMigrants reports.

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A giant puppet of a young refugee girl is part of "The Walk," an art initiative that will travel 8,000 kilometers in support of refugees. It will also stop in Germany.

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Cyrille Tchatchet II is about to make history at the Tokyo Olympics: The weightlifter was selected for the International Olympic Committee's refugee team, making him the first UK-based refugee Olympian. But he never forgets the difficult journey he suffered to get there.

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France's interior minister has asked the EU border agency to support French authorities in stemming the increasing flow of irregular migrants trying to reach the UK. Meanwhile, 80 migrants were rescued in the British Channel over the weekend and returned to France.

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A judge in the UK has ordered a British far-right figurehead to pay £100,000 to a young Syrian national in a high-profile libel case. However, the claimant may never see much of the money as the defendant has stated that he is insolvent.

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After a record 430 migrants crossed the Channel to the UK irregularly in a single day, France and the UK announced they would bolster their border protection and clamp down on irregular migration and smugglers. If passed, the UK's contentious Nationality and Borders Bill will impose stricter jail terms for migrants entering the UK unlawfully.

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A giant puppet representing a Syrian girl is set to travel 8,000 kilometers – from a Turkish city near the Syrian border to England – to raise awareness for the plight of refugee children. Several of her puppeteers are refugees.

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Two children were among more than 120 migrants who were rescued on Monday as they were trying to cross the English Channel from France. The migrants were brought to safety by French authorities.

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The British sea rescue charity Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) remains defiant amid criticism following a rescue operation in the Channel shortly before new restrictive immigration legislation was published by the government.

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212 migrants were picked up by the UK Border Force on Sunday. An additional 238 migrants were reportedly prevented by French authorities from completing their crossing. The latest figures come as the UK prepares to debate a new nationality and border bill in parliament.

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As western armed forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans who have served alongside the troops as translators or interpreters remain in the country. Fearing Taliban retaliation, they are looking to NATO countries for support, but relocation efforts vary.

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More and more people are arriving in the UK on boats or are intercepted in the English Channel. At the same time, overall migration to the UK remains at a steady level. Politicians, however, are still using images of dinghies washing up on British shores as political capital. And with a key Brexit deadline looming, things might get even more complicated in Brexit-Britain.