Almost 20,000 migrants came to the UK in small boats in the first six months of 2025 - a 40% increase on the same period in 2024. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to "smash the gangs" ...

Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed a deal to send back small boats migrants back to France, with an asylum seeker being sent to Britain in exchange. Starmer said the scheme would help ...