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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The UK government is set to introduce new laws which will enable it to send asylum seekers abroad to have their claims dealt with offshore. Critics have called the proposal "cruel" and "inhumane".
Care places for unaccompanied child migrants in the English county of Kent, which is where many migrants who cross the Channel first land, have reached capacity. Authorities in Kent have refused to take any more children prompting the British government to house them in a much-criticized facility.
More and more migrants are attempting to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom, despite the UK's increasingly harsh policies and joint efforts to curb migration.
Iranian toddler Artin Irannezhad and his family died after the boat they were in capsized in the English Channel in October 2020. His dead body washed up on the southwest coast of Norway months later. This is his story.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel has urged TikTok and other social media platforms to remove posts which she says promote illegal migration.
The numbers of migrants attempting to or succeeding in crossing the Channel between Europe and the UK continue to rise. After a spell of good weather, more than 600 people have been intercepted by UK Border Forces in the last few days.