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Channel Arrivals Follow UK–France £662m Deal

Officials tied part of the money to results without publishing targets.

UK and France Sign 3-Year Deal to Curb Channel Crossings With Results-Linked Funding

Alnour Mohamed Ali Charged Over Channel ‘Taxi Boat’ Deaths

22 Migrants Die Off Crete After Six Days Adrift

UK Brings In Five-Year Penalties for Advertising Illegal Migration Routes Online

UK Begins Seizing Phones From Small-Boat Arrivals Under New Border Law

New Report Says UK-Funded Border Crackdown Is Driving Violence Without Cutting Channel Crossings

San Diego Border Patrol Names Justin De La Torre Chief After Deadly Imperial Beach Capsizing

Boat Carrying 90 Migrants Capsizes Near Malaysia–Thailand Border, Triggering Ongoing Search

Bulgaria Alleges Russian Spy Links to EU People-Smuggling as UK Backs Warning

UK Deploys Border Officers to Western Balkans as Hewitt Warns Small-Boat Fix Will Take Time

Weekend Channel Surge Turns Deadly: Child and Two Women Die Off Northern France

Canada Arrests Alleged Smuggling Facilitator Sought by U.S. in 2022 Border Deaths

UK Launches Targeted Social Media Ads in France to Deter Channel Crossings

Channel Crossings Stay High Despite UK-France 'One In, One Out' Returns Pilot

Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Lampedusa, Leaving 27 Dead, Around a Dozen Missing

At Least 20 Migrants Die After Boat Sinks Off Lampedusa

3 Suspected Smugglers Detained After 44 Haitian Migrants Found in Quebec Truck

UK and France Begin One-for-One Swap of Channel Migrants for Safe-Route Entrants

Germany Records 9,506 Border Refusals and 12,445 Unauthorised Entries After May Controls