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September alone accounted for about 14,300 crossings, 28 per cent fewer than in the same month of 2025 but 11 per cent more than in August.
Home Office statistics record the sex, age and nationality of those detected on arrival, not what happened to them before they embarked.
Footage from a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer shows volunteers in charity tabards leading migrant children towards dinghies bound for Britain.
The present controls on the land border with Slovenia run from June 19 to December 18, 2026.
Both governments have promised tougher action before, and French police still cannot stop a dinghy once it is afloat.
Once-rival criminal networks are pooling migrants onto single vessels after police interceptions left the smugglers short of inflatable boats
Christian Drogan paid €1,400 for a place on a dinghy and says four traffickers stepped off mid-crossing onto a French patrol boat
Officers advised the couple to pack a bag immediately, avoid using their own car in case it had been tampered with and travel by black cab to a safe location.
The performances, which also included helping prepare free hot lunches, largely met with bemusement rather than smiles.
Spain’s scheme offers a one-year renewable residence and work permit to those who can show they lived in the country for at least five months before the end of…
The footage appears to show a Sea-Watch rescue vessel sailing directly towards a boat carrying migrants before any visible distress call or emergency situation had…
The European Commission and the EU's foreign policy chief presented the plan on July 9, 2026. It now needs the unanimous backing of all 27 member states.
"France has become stricter", said Jean-Marie Dedecker, mayor of the seaside town of Middelkerke.
"Normally, we try to puncture the boat beforehand to prevent the crossing to the United Kingdom".
Large crowds of migrants, including many from African countries, have formed outside Spanish consulates and foreign embassies across Spain as the government’s…
A growing number of migrants are attempting to reach the UK by departing from the Belgian coast, showing a shift in smuggling routes along the English Channel.
Four migrants — two men and two women — drowned during a failed “taxi-boat” attempt to cross the English Channel from the beach near Équihen-Plage in the…
The first two months of 2026 saw a record number of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, despite fewer crossing attempts towards Europe, according to data from the…
A dozen people have been indicted regarding the issuing of more than 1,000 false documents from three private universities to enable migrants to enter the European…
Hundreds of migrants, up to 480 per day, were trafficked into the European Union, mostly ending up in Germany and the Netherlands, via the Balkan route, authorities…
An illegal migrant smuggling network involved civil society groups that prominently backed Donald Tusk's coalition parties in the last election, a Polish broadcaster…
In a co-ordinated European policing action, key figures of an alleged people-smuggling ring responsible for thousands of illegal migrant transfers have been arrested.
Bulgaria’s interior minister faced calls to resign after WhatsApp messages revealed officials had allegedly turned a blind eye to a €6 million smuggling operation…
Irregular border crossings into European countries in the first two months of 2025 have gone down by 25 per cent compared to one year ago, according to European…
A group of Eritrean people-smugglers were involved in widespread human trafficking and committed violent atrocities against migrants, a report by the Dutch National…
The number of migrants entering the European Union by irregular routes dropped overall by 38 per cent in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2021, the EU border…
Hundreds of people have been detained in Northern Ireland as they attempted to cross into Britain during an operation designed to crack down on human traffickers,…
Germany's border controls have successfully targeted illegal border crossing into the country, according to published figures.
The Spanish National Police confirmed on July 22 that they have dismantled a criminal organisation with the arrest of 25 individuals following an investigation launched…
Illegal border-crossings into the European Union are maintaining their rising overall level - but the routes used by illegal immigrants are changing.
