More than 50,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since Labour took power. Despite new enforcement strategies like a UK–France returns deal and Border Security Command, crossings remain at record levels—a complex crisis with no easy solution.
UK migrant crisis intensifies as GB News reports 155 small-boat crossings in a single day, pushing 2025 arrivals over 25,000. Government’s “one-in, one-out” deal faces pressure amid record totals.
The UK has introduced the world’s first sanctions regime targeting people smugglers, enabling asset freezes and travel bans against 25 individuals and organisations involved in illegal migration networks.