The English Channel

United Kingdom

Daily number of migrants reaching UK on small boats hits 2025 high

While France and the UK have increased joint operations, British officials say French police should be empowered to intercept boats before they leave.

02/06/2025

France

One dead and scores rescued after migrant boat sinks off French coast

More than 60 people were rescued after the "overloaded" vessel collapsed, authorities said on Monday.

19/05/2025

France

One person dead and 15 rescued after trying to cross English Channel

French authorities said the overcrowded boat set off close to the port of Dunkirk on Wednesday evening.

20/03/2025

Eco-Innovation

World’s most powerful underwater turbines are coming to French coast

One of France's first commercial-scale tidal energy pilot projects, NH1 is due to supply thousands of locals with clean electricity.

18/03/2025

Business

Virgin Group seeks to raise funding for cross-Channel Eurostar rival

Virgin Group wants to launch the new service by the end of the decade, initially running trains from London to Paris and Brussels.

10/03/2025

Travel News

New direct trains could soon link London with these European cities

London St Pancras station would almost triple its capacity to deliver new train services to Europe by 2030.

24/02/2025

Europe News

UK and Germany agree to joint action against people-smuggling gangs

The agreement includes intelligence sharing, targeting smuggling networks’ financial flows, and removing online content promoting illegal mi

10/12/2024

France

At least eight migrants dead after their boat sinks in English Channel

At least eight migrants have died whilst trying to cross the channel from France to the UK, the French authorities reported on Sunday.

15/09/2024

Europe News

Migrant boat seen crossing Channel a day after 12 lost their lives

French politicians urge the UK government to take action against the migrant deaths.

05/09/2024

Europe News

At least 12 migrants dead after boat sinks off northern France

Medical teams have rushed to the scene after the boat, carrying more than 50 migrants, got into trouble in the English Channel.

03/09/2024

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Dozens of rescued migrants arrive port of Dover on UK Border boat

The Border Force vessel carried the rescued migrants, at least 85, including young children, to port in Dover.

18/06/2024

Business

Eurotunnel operator offers cash to attract new cross-channel services

Getlink says that there is capacity for 2.5 times more trains to use the Channel Tunnel on a daily basis.

06/05/2024

Europe News

UK and Irish ministers to meet amidst migration row

The meeting between the Irish Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the British Home Secretary James Cleverly was postponed last minute on Sunday evening.

29/04/2024

Travel News

Inside Eurostar’s struggle with Brexit, strikes and competitors

One passenger vowed to never travel with Eurostar again after last-minute strikes ruined his Christmas plans.

03/03/2024

United Kingdom

Controversial UK Rwanda bill 'incompatible with human rights'

Downing Street's plan to deport asylum-seekers to the Central African country breaches international law, according to a parliamentary report.

12/02/2024

France

Migrants killed during perilous sea crossing from France to UK

The five dead migrants were discovered just off the coast of France on their attempt to get to UK shores.

14/01/2024

France

UK not doing enough to curb migrant crossings - French report

The UK is not cooperating enough to help reduce migrant boats, a new French report has claimed.

04/01/2024

Travel News

Eurotunnel strike: London trains return to normal after shock walkout

Eurostar trains were cancelled on Thursday afternoon due to an unexpected walkout. The strike is now over.

21/12/2023

France

One dead after migrants shipwrecked in Channel

A total of 66 people were travelling on the refugee boat which sank off the northern coast of France in the early hours of Friday, according to French authorities.

15/12/2023

Travel News

Eurostar could face fresh competition on its UK-France train route

Virgin's Richard Branson will reportedly be the next to challenge Eurostar's 30-year monopoly on cross-Channel trains.

13/11/2023