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People smugglers buying small boats directly from manufacturers

New intelligence suggests a large people-smuggling group responsible for around 10 per cent of Channel crossings set up deals with manufacturers to supply them with small boats. During an action day on Tuesday by British and international ...

06 Jul 2022 at 13:22

Pleasure boat owner accused of smuggling migrants from Normandy to Devon

A man has been arrested on suspicion of using his pleasure boat to smuggle migrants across the Channel. The 57-year-old was stopped by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) while he was out with his dog in Lydford near Plymouth ...

07 Dec 2022 at 11:56

Police investigate deaths of four people in Channel

Detectives are investigating after four people died when a migrant boat capsized in the Channel. Kent Police said they are looking into the circumstances surrounding the incident on Wednesday with the National Crime Agency (NCA), amid ...

16 Dec 2022 at 13:36

Migrants rescued from second sinking boat on same night four died in Channel

Migrants were rescued from a second sinking boat on the same night four people died in the Channel. Border Force officers rescued 50 people, five of whom had ended up in the freezing water, after their boat started to sink on the ...

16 Dec 2022 at 18:01

Cab driver who acted as ‘courier’ for cross-Channel people smugglers avoids jail

A taxi driver who acted as “courier” for a criminal cross-Channel operation smuggling Vietnamese people into the UK using a “conveyor belt” of lorries has avoided jail. “Trusted” Habib Behsodi was part of a network of people ...

21 Feb 2023 at 15:05

509 people crossed the Channel on day six died in boat sinking

A total of 509 people crossed the English Channel in 10 boats on the day six died when a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of France. The latest Home Office figures take the provisional total for the past three days ...

13 Aug 2023 at 17:15

Council says Home Office contractors told of Legionella on day of barge transfer

Home Office contractors were told about traces of Legionella bacteria found on the Bibby Stockholm barge on the same day asylum seekers were transferred on to the vessel, Dorset Council has said. The discovery eventually ...

14 Aug 2023 at 09:38

Labour think tank boss’s comment on people smugglers dismissed as ‘cringe’

A Labour think tank boss’s comments have been dismissed as “cringe” after he said smuggler gangs should be shipped to Scotland. Josh Simons, director of Labour Together, suggested on LBC radio that the gangs could be ...

14 Feb 2024 at 10:08

Series of police raids on small-boat people smugglers

A series of police raids targeting people smugglers who bring migrants to the UK in small boats have been carried out in Germany. Hundreds of officers took part in dawn raids in a number of cities in the west of the ...

04 Dec 2024 at 10:30

Small boat arrivals continue as Channel crossings set to top 17,000

Small boat crossings are continuing as the number of migrants arriving in the UK via the English Channel looks set to top 17,000 so far in 2023. About 50 suspected asylum seekers were seen being brought ashore on ...

16 Aug 2023 at 17:11

Government under fresh pressure to tackle Channel crossings after six deaths

Government under fresh pressure to tackle Channel crossings after 6 deaths

The Government is under renewed pressure to tackle the crisis of migrant crossings in the Channel following the deaths of six people after a boat sank off the coast of France. Campaigners described the incident ...

13 Aug 2023 at 10:34

New criminal offences to disrupt people smugglers set out in border Bill

People selling and handling boat parts suspected of being used in migrant Channel crossings could face up to 14 years in prison under new laws trying to crack down on people smugglers. Home Secretary Yvette ...

30 Jan 2025 at 17:42

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