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One person dies in an attempted Channel crossing after a small boat sinks off the coast of Calais
An additional 69 people were rescued during what French authorities described as a very busy night for crossings.
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Moment Sun reporter Jerome Starkey descends on Russian warship in Wildcat helicopter in dramatic confrontation in English Channel
Watch the exhilarating footage of Jerome’s journey aboard a Wildcat helicopter
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Up to ’one in 12’ people living in London is an illegal migrant
As many as one in 12 people living in London is an illegal migrant, a previously confidential report reveals.
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Russia’s shadow fleet of tankers poses a ‘catastrophic disaster’ risk off the UK coast
Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers designed to avoid sanctions poses a serious threat to the UK and other international waters, it has been warned.
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The Royal Navy recalled 200 sailors on Christmas Day to monitor Russian warships
The Royal Navy recalled nearly 200 sailors on Christmas Day to shadow Russian warships for 500 miles in the North Sea and through the English Channel.
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Hundreds arrested in Northern Ireland during a crackdown on people smugglers
Gangs charging €8,000 for illegal travel packages that avoid crossing Channel on small boats
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Rwanda asylum scheme spent £50m on flights that never took off, data reveals
Home secretary says £700m scheme did not result in a single deportation or stop any boats crossing the Channel
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Mayors in France push to tear up key border deal with Britain, calling it too lenient on illegal migration
The local leaders want Paris to renegotiate the 2003 Le Touquet Treaty
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Labour ’planning Italy-style migrant deals’ to tackle small boat Channel crossings
Labour are preparing a series of deals with countries like Kurdistan and Vietnam to deter migrants from crossing into Britain illegally, reports claim.
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Russian navy warship armed with hypersonic missiles conducts drills in the English Channel, according to state media
The ship, the frigate Admiral Golovko conducted counter-terrorism drills and training on avoiding dangerous targets while in the Channel, Russian state agencies reported.
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Iranian man, called ’the best smuggler,’ convicted for aiding migrants in crossing the Channel
A video captures National Crime Agency officers raiding Amanj Hasan Zada’s terrace house in Preston and arresting him.
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’Merchants of death’ trial intensifies efforts to combat Channel smugglers
Peering over her glasses, the French judge glanced sternly across the cavernous underground courtroom towards a notorious figure seated in a glass cage.
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Child was reportedly ’trampled to death’ on a migrant boat attempting to cross the Channel, with several others also found dead
An unconfirmed number of people have died, including a child who was "trampled to death", following two small boat incidents off France.
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Eight dead in ’appalling tragedy’ while attempting to cross the Channel
It comes as French authorities rescued some 200 people off the coast of Calais over a 24-hour period between Friday and Saturday night.
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Royal Navy serviceman dies after Merlin helicopter crashes into English Channel
The Royal Navy has confirmed a crew member has died after a Merlin Mk4 helicopter ditched in the sea during a night flying exercise from the HMS Queen Elizabeth
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Six children are among the 12 dead after a crowded boat "ripped open" in the Channel
Pregnant woman among those killed in ‘horrifying’ incident as charities call on government to establish safe routes
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Keir admits he can't do deal with Iran & Afghanistan tyrants to return migrants
SIR Keir Starmer yesterday admitted he cannot cut a deal with the tyrants ruling Iran and Afghanistan to send illegal migrants back.The Labour leader
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Keir 'folded like a deck chair' on immigration as Rishi came out swinging
RISHI Sunak came out swinging on tackling illegal immigration - demanding to know if Labour would do a deal with the Taliban.The Prime Minister took S
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Rishi blasts ‘what will you do with them’ as Keir stumbles over migrant plan
RISHI Sunak and Keir Starmer tonight locked horns on migration in their last debate before the General Election.The PM accused Sir Keir of "taking peo
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'Where will you send them!' Keir heckled over migrant crisis in showdown
SIR Keir Starmer was blasted over his plans to beat the small boats crisis in The Sun's election showdown tonight.The Labour leader was heckled by an
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Illegal migrants are queuing in Calais waiting for Starmer in No10, warns Rishi
RISHI Sunak tonight claimed illegal migrants are "queuing up in Calais waiting for a Labour government" as he was grilled by our readers in The Sun's
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PM faces headache as small boat crossings set to pass 50k since he took office
RISHI Sunak faces a fresh headache today as the number of small boat crossings since he became PM is set to pass the 50,000 mark.The shocking figure l
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Keir a 'selling point' for small boat gangs if he becomes PM, blasts Home Sec
SMALL boat smuggling gangs will use Sir Keir Starmer as a selling point to encourage would-be migrants to make the crossing, his opponents say.The&nbs
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Labour do not have a solution to small boat crisis - Tories have a plan
WHERE? It’s such a small word but it’s the big question which undermines Labour’s fragile promises on immigration.Where would all the people tha
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Taxpayers fork out £3m on 'cells' to manage 'disorder' at migrants centre
THE Government is spending almost £3 million on jail-like cells at its processing centre for small boat migrants.A Ministry of Justice co