Overview

• Images showed migrants wearing life jackets arriving in Dover on June 11 in a Border Force vessel, marking the first crossings of June.
• The provisional 14,812 Channel crossings recorded so far this year have eclipsed the previous first-half total of 13,489 in June 2024.
• Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to unveil a spending review that is expected to increase funding for the NHS, defence and schools.
• Home Secretary Yvette Cooper secured a £680 million border security funding package, including £100 million for this year and £580 million over the next three years.
• The government’s Border Security Command is leading a new crackdown under a Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill that targets smuggling gangs with criminal offences and counter-terror-style powers.