Whenever migrants cross the English Channel in considerable numbers, as is happening at the moment, government politicians tend to employ two reach-me-down arguments. One is to blame the French, who are declared shifty and generally unhelpful. If only they would keep their eye on the ball, it is said, fewer migrants would leave their shores … Read more
Just one in five migrants who have tried to cross the Channel have been intercepted by France – as politicians from the country now claims the newcomers are lured into Britain by its generous welfare state. Immigration minister Chris Philp travelled to Paris on Tuesday to seek stronger enforcement measures – as Border Force continued … Read more
People smugglers are offering migrants ‘kids go free deals’ while dropping their prices for small-boat Channel crossings. Desperate parents are being told they don’t have to pay to carry babies and toddlers as the ruthless smugglers lure them into completing the perilous crossings. In some cases, the gangs have even dropped their prices from £5,000 … Read more
Twitter users slam ‘posh, privileged white’ Sky News reporter from an aristocratic family for tailing migrants across the Channel while waving a microphone and asking ‘are you ok?’ Footage shows Ali Fortescue approaching a small dinghy heading towards Dover Granddaughter of the 6th Earl Fortescue waves at boat and gives a thumbs-up Sky News correspondent … Read more
Sky News viewers have slammed a ‘posh, privileged and white’ reporter for tailing migrants across the Channel while waving a microphone while asking ‘are you ok?’ Footage shows correspondent Ali Fortescue, the granddaughter of the 6th Earl Fortescue, approaching the small dinghy of ten people that can be seen heading towards Dover. She begins: ‘You … Read more
At least 20 migrants were stopped while crossing the Channel this morning as French authorities claim they have stopped more than five times more refugees compared to last year. Home Office figures suggest 677 people, including at least one toddler, were caught making the perilous crossing from France to England between Thursday and Sunday. This … Read more
Ruthless traffickers have set up a base in Belgium to smuggle migrants across the Channel. The Daily Mail has established that organised crime networks calling themselves the ‘boat mafia’ have moved in to Brussels to profit from a huge rise in migrants. Some 1,000 arrivals are using the city as an alternative staging post to … Read more
More than 500 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK in just three days, as it was revealed France is expected to demand £30million to help stem the flow of migrants across the Channel. Another 151 migrants made the dangerous crossing on Saturday, bringing the total the number to arrive in the UK … Read more
France is expected to demand £30million to help stem the flow of migrants across the Channel after 151 made the journey in the last 24 hours – as a former Royal Marine is tasked with heading negotiations. Britain’s home secretary Priti Patel has teamed up with the defence secretary Ben Wallace to form a plan … Read more
Home Office has secret plan to use at least five prisons to house migrants who cross the Channel to Britain, whistleblower claims Detainee Operations Manager said at least five prisons could be ‘restructured’ It would provide short-term accommodation for the tide of migrants intercepted Officials are understood to have stepped up the use of hotels … Read more