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 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.
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...
Donald Trump has ordered the US Navy to destroy Iranian small boats, citing alleged mine-laying activities in the Strait of Hormuz. The order challenges current administration claims that Iran's naval capabilities have been effectively neutralized.
The UK has agreed to pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport asylum seekers from 10 specific nationalities under a new £662m deal with France. The detain-and-deport scheme targets nationals from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria, Vietnam and Yemen at a new removal site in Dunkirk. The deal includes a £162m payment-by-results package on top of a new three-year £500m baseline agreement, with the Dunkirk facility expected to open by end of 2026.
A proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats.
Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boatsThe UK government has agreed to pay France another £660m to curb the number of asylum seekers travelling across the Channel, including plans to fund a riot squad to “contain and disperse” people trying to board small boats.Under a three-year deal to be signed on Thursday by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, 1,100 enforcement, intelligence and military officers – an increase of 40% – will be employed to track down smuggling gangs and people seeking refuge. Continue reading...
