Mobile phones of economic migrants and asylum seekers are being seized to catch individuals involved in “small boats” smuggling gangs operating Channel crossings. Border guards, police and crime ...

New “dangerous” French police tactics to intercept migrant small boats at sea will put more lives at risk, a charity monitoring Channel crossings warned. Home Office data showed Friday was the 28th ...

In a significant policy shift, France has announced that its maritime police will begin intercepting small boats in the English Channel — but only if those boats are empty, before migrants have ...

Exclusive: The number of asylum seekers being intercepted has fallen despite Paris being handed more than £700m.