Border officials will also get powers to seize migrants' phones, under new laws unveiled by the Home Office.

Proposed government legislation would result in 100 more people being jailed each year, according to estimates ...

The Home Office collects data on detections on shore, as well as encounters at sea when people are subsequently ... gangs making millions out of small boat crossings”. It was launched last ...

At least 77 people perished on the perilous sea route in 2024 compared to 12 ... Some 36,816 people crossed the Channel in small boats in 2024, a jump of 25 per cent from the 29,437 who arrived ...

Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has cut the number of illegal immigrants and refugees from North Africa by more than ...

Investigators will have the power to seize the mobile phones of suspected people traffickers and it will become an offence to endanger lives at sea under new laws designed to crack down on small boat ...