At least 39 Albanian child migrants have left the care of the UK authorities and gone missing in the period between January 1 and October 31 this year, according to the Kent County Council in England.
Police in the UK have arrested a 32-year-old man suspected of having played a key role in the fatal Channel crossing incident one year ago. The man was detained in southwestern in the UK town of Cheltenham following a joint investigation by UK and French authorities.
The French authorities rescued 61 migrants on Tuesday. At least 30 of them had to be plucked from the water after spending about 25 minutes in the sea.
The Manston asylum processing center caught up in an overcrowding controversy is now empty, the UK government has said. However, it appears that migrants are still being processed at the site. According to official figures, no new small boat arrivals via the Channel were recorded since November 14.
A man who was being held in the Manston migrant processing center in Kent has died. He is believed to have crossed the English Channel in a small boat nine days ago. The cause of his death is unknown.
The French and British "went to great lengths to show that it was up to the other side to take responsibility for the search and rescue," a migrant charity has said of the November 2021 incident that amounted to one of the largest single loss of life in the English Channel. Investigations have revealed how French and British authorities failed to rescue 27 drowning migrants.
London has agreed to pay for France to increase its patrols along the English Channel. The deal comes as the UK experiences a record number of migrant crossings.
A new joint plan to stop migrants from crossing from France to the UK is in its final stages, the British government has said. The announcement follows talks between the leaders of France and the UK on the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit.
British police have said last week's arson attack on a migrant processing center in Dover was motivated by "extreme right-wing" ideology. The 66-year-old suspected assailant was later found dead.
Legal challenges are looming, as allegations that some migrants from the overcrowded Manston migrant center are being left without accommodation, after being driven to central London and apparently abandoned.
UK police say the suspect behind the attack has been identified and located. Dover is the main arrival port for migrants crossing the English Channel from France in boats.
The UK's official borders watchdog has decried the "wretched conditions" encountered at a migrant processing center in Kent, UK. The facility in Ramsgate has been under fire for days, following reports of a diphtheria outbreak.