PARIS—French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people. The five, all military personnel, were handed a preliminary charge of not assisting people in danger, judicial authorities said. Preliminary…

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A suspected “kingpin” of people-smuggling operations across the English Channel has been arrested and is facing extradition. Iranian Hewa Rahimpur was detained by officers in east London on Wednesday afternoon, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. The 29-year-old, who was living in Ilford, is wanted by authorities in Belgium, “where he is suspected of being…

Some 28,526 people arrived illegally in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats last year, according to official figures released for the first time. The Home Office published statistics measuring irregular migration for the first time on Thursday, which confirmed the Government’s official recorded annual totals. The data reveals the total for…

CALAIS, France—At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 34 people were believed to have been on the boat. Authorities found 31 bodies—including those of five women and a young girl—and two survivors, he said. One person appeared to still…

France has rejected a British claim that Priti Patel and her counterpart Gerald Darmanin agreed to work to prevent “100% of crossings” of the English Channel. The Home Office issued a joint statement from the pair which said they had agreed measures to “stop the dangerous crossings” of the “deadly route”. But the French embassy…

Only five illegal immigrants who arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats have been sent back to Europe this year, a minister told MPs. Tom Pursglove, a minister for both the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice, said there had been “difficulties securing returns” when he was questioned by…

Boats ferrying immigrants across the English Channel have once again risen towards record numbers, as traffickers take advantage of the heatwave currently embracing the UK. Eye witnesses reported boats continuing to arriving in Dover on Tuesday, the day after some 750 arrived in small boats from France, according to PA estimates. If confirmed, that would…

A record number of people illegally crossed the English Channel on Saturday, according to Home Office figures, with at least 828 making the journey from France across the busy shipping lane in 30 small boats. Despite government promises to stem the flow of boats, which are often overloaded semi-rigid inflatables, this summer the numbers continue…

A Belgian helicopter and French fishing boats have rescued illegal immigrants attempting to cross the English Channel after their boat began to sink about 15 miles off the coast. One survivor was airlifted, unconscious, to hospital. A rescue operation was launched by French authorities on the morning of Aug. 12, after passing vessels reported that…