Four migrants were rescued on Tuesday off the French coast as they were trying to reach England with the aid of oars and paddles. A little earlier, 29 other migrants were picked up by the authorities after their boat broke up on the breakwater near Dunkirk.
A total of 113 migrants on seven small boats arrived safely in the UK port of Dover on Monday. About 72 were stopped from crossing by the French authorities.
The French authorities discovered a migrant boat on the beach at Quend in Normandy on Sunday. The beach is almost 90 kilometers further south than the normal crossings from Calais and Boulogne towards the UK.
The UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is facing "serious questions" from a parliamentary committee after claiming that migrant accommodation in former army barracks was "safe."
A total of 183 migrants on board six small boats crossed the English Channel from France to UK on Tuesday, March 23. That is the highest number in one day so far this year.
The UK Home Secretary has announced the details of her new plan for immigration. She said it would be faster, fairer and allow Britain to help the vulnerable and those in need, while cracking down on criminality. Critics have accused her of creating a two-tier system that is anything but fair.
The UK government has announced that undocumented migrants can register with their doctors for a vaccine against COVID-19 without fear of being ejected by the Home Office.
36 migrants on two separate boats were found in difficulty in the Channel between France and Britain at the weekend. They were taken back to France by a coastguard patrol boat who declared the migrants "safe and sound."
The arguments over Napier Barracks in the UK are worsening. Since September, the former army barracks have been housing migrants, most of whom made it across the Channel from France. The residents, NGOs and now politicians are criticizing government policy of housing asylum seekers there.
Police in southeastern England have said that 14 people have been arrested at a center housing migrants and asylum seekers in Folkestone, following a fire and disturbances last week.
In a new report, the Migrant Rights Network UK has accused the British Home Office of criminalizing at least 65 highly skilled migrants and leaving them in legal limbo, threatening them with removal and having a "devastating impact" on their lives.
In 2015, it was reported that a man fell from a plane into the streets of West London. The man, Carlito Vale, died as he hit the ground. But with him was another man, who survived. Documentary filmmaker Rich Bentley has made it "his mission" to find out more.