A High Court judge has ruled the Home Secretary's decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims, as part of an "one in one out" asylum returns deal with France, was unlawful. The ruling impacts asylum seekers arriving by small boat.
A High Court judge has ruled the Home Secretary's decision to reduce protections for potential trafficking victims, to facilitate the 'one in one out' asylum returns deal with France, was unlawful. The ruling impacts asylum seekers arriving by small boat.
The U.S. military conducted strikes on approximately 90 Iranian military targets, including air defense systems and missile sites, following Iran's attacks on commercial vessels. President Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire "over" and expressed disinterest in further deals.
US forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran attacked commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump declared a ceasefire agreement "over" and expressed disinterest in further negotiations with Iran.
President Trump stated he is no longer interested in a deal with Iran, hours after declaring their ceasefire "over" due to renewed hostilities in the Strait of Hormuz. This follows Iran's attack on commercial vessels and the U.S. revoking sanctions waivers.
An asylum seeker brought to the UK via the controversial 'one in, one out' scheme has spoken out, calling it unjust that his legal entry depended on another asylum seeker's deportation to France. The scheme allows one asylum seeker to enter the UK legally for each one deported.
The UK and France are amending their "one in, one out" migrant treaty after people deported to France were found returning to the UK via lorries. The new classification "returnee case" will allow previously deported individuals to be sent back to France again, regardless of their method of return.
A 32-year-old Syrian man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a woman died on a small boat in the English Channel. The woman was found unresponsive and declared deceased in Dover.
A woman has died on a small boat attempting to cross the English Channel into UK waters. The migrant was found unresponsive and declared deceased despite medical attention. This incident highlights the dangers of such crossings, with authorities vowing to continue efforts to prevent them.
French riot police, deployed under a UK-France deal, are authorised to use water cannon, CS gas, and batons against asylum seekers in northern France. The £660m deal aims to prevent small boat launches, but refugee charities condemn the potential use of water cannon as "sickening" and inhumane.
French riot police deployed in northern France under a £660m UK deal are authorised to use water cannon, CS gas, and batons against asylum seekers. Refugee charities have condemned the move as "sickening" and "inhumane".
Two men, Alnour Mohamed Ali (Sudanese) and Mohammed Tajik (Afghan), have been jailed in the UK for piloting small boats across the Channel, marking the first sentences under a new law targeting those who endanger lives at sea. Both admitted to piloting overcrowded vessels carrying dozens of people, facing sentences of 27 and 24 months respectively.
Two men, Mohammad Tajik and Alnour Ali, have been jailed in the UK for endangering others during sea crossings, marking the first sentences under a new law. Tajik received two years and Ali 27 months for their roles in steering overcrowded boats.
Langkawi, Malaysia, known for its tourist attractions, faces maritime smuggling challenges, including illegal migrants, contraband, and subsidized petrol, evading authorities due to its geography and fast nighttime operations.
The UK Home Office is extending a controversial "one in, one out" asylum scheme with France until October 1st. The deal, initially a pilot, forcibly returns one asylum seeker to France for each one legally admitted to the UK. Despite the extension, asylum seekers express dismay, citing continued crossings and disappearances in France.
The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”.
The Centers for Disease Control is involved in managing the outbreak of hantavirus aboard the MV Hondius, which has arrived in the Canary Islands.
More than 6,000 people crossed the Channel so far this year, 36% below the total for the same time last year
US forces sank six Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday while attempting to reopen it. The UAE reported being attacked by Iran for the first time since April, with drones and missiles targeting oil facilities and ships, wounding Indian nationals.
The U.S. military said it battled Iranian forces and sank six small boats as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones its way.
A migrant boat carrying 82 people ran aground on a beach in northern France, killing two women and injuring 16 others. The vessel departed from Hardelot beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer but engine failure caused it to drift. Three injured have serious burns from fuel. The women, believed to be Sudanese nationals in their 20s, died from asphyxiation. This is the third deadly migrant crossing incident in the Channel in just over a month.
Kurdish Syrian man, 26, said he fled forced conscription by YPG militia because he ‘didn’t want to kill people’An asylum seeker sent back to France under the controversial “one in, one out” scheme faces being returned to Syria after authorities in Paris ruled it was safe to do so, in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.When the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, announced the “groundbreaking” deal in July 2025 to stop small boats crowded with asylum seekers from crossing the Channel – by forcibly returning one small-boat asylum seeker to France in exchange for bringing one in northern France legally to the UK – they emphasised that France was a safe country for returnees. Continue reading...
Abdullah Albadri, 34, a stateless Bedoon man born in Kuwait, has been found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack after trying to scale the Israeli embassy fence in London on 28 April 2025 carrying two knives. He had arrived in the UK by small boat just 16 days earlier — his second illegal crossing in four years. He told officers he wanted to stop Israel's war in Gaza and messaged his mother saying he had chosen the path of martyrdom. The jury at the Old Bailey deliberated for nearly 14 hours before convicting him by majority verdict.
Winston Marshall, son of GB News co-owner Paul Marshall and former Mumford & Sons member turned rightwing influencer, appeared on Fox News to propose building a mined "floating wall" across the English Channel to stop small boat crossings. The proposal came during discussion of a new £660m UK-France deal to tackle crossings, which Marshall said made him "pretty angry". He claimed the idea might sound "ridiculous" but should be explored after £1bn spent over six years on deterrence. The Dover Strait is the world's busiest shipping lane.
