French authorities rescued more than 6,000 migrants attempting to reach Britain in small boats last year, while 25 people ...

A Home Office minister has refused to pledge that the number of Channel crossings will fall this year. Alex Norris, the ...

When the Channel Tunnel opened in 1994, the undersea rail link saw Britain grew closer to the European mainland than ever before. However, had things gone a little differently, history might have ...

The French Defender of Rights condemned the use of rubber-bullet launchers, tear gas and stun grenades against groups of migrants, as well as the lack of transparency around these practices.

Two women have died during an attempt to cross the Channel, French authorities have said. Officials said the two migrants died on Saturday morning while trying to travel from France to the UK on a ...

Mobile phones and sim cards will be seized from migrants without needing to arrest them from Monday as part of efforts to tackle Channel crossings and people smugglers. Officers will begin taking ...

By plane, hot-air balloon and gondola: the English Channel has been crossed in many inventive ways, and on Sunday Frenchman Franky Zapata succeeded in crossing on a jet-powered hoverboard on his ...