France and the United Kingdom are expected to come to an agreement to crack down on migrants fleeing to the U.K. via the English Channel, which Britain has complained about for years. Over 20,000 ...

"Taxi boats" motor to pre-arranged off-shore pick-up points, where migrants waiting on the beaches then wade into the water, Friday July 4, 2205 on Hardelot beach south of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern ...

CALAIS, France (Reuters) -Early one morning this week, a dinghy motored along a vast beach in northern France, stopping every few hundred metres to pick up migrants bound for Britain. Four French ...

In a rubbish-strewn migrant camp west of Dunkirk, the appearance of a reporter who has voluntarily crossed the English Channel in a southerly direction, from Britain to France, causes surprise and ...

British history is filled with stories of miraculously helpful weather, from the “Protestant wind” that scattered the Spanish Armada in 1588 to the calm, cloudy conditions that enabled the evacuation ...

French police may be allowed to intercept boats offshore Record numbers of migrants have crossed the Channel this year Migrants determined to cross despite tougher measures CALAIS, France, July 4 ...

LONDON — Britain says people who advertise fake passports or people-smuggling services on social medial could face up to five years in prison, in the government’s latest effort to deter migrants from ...