The proposed asylum seeker swap between France and the UK mirrors a 2016 agreement between the EU and Turkey in which the bloc agreed to take a Syrian refugee from refugee camps in Turkey in return ...

Faced with a growing number of Channel migrant crossings, France hopes to stop more small boats from reaching Britain by ...

Italy, Spain, Greece and others warn proposed bilateral agreement could shift asylum burden onto them, bypassing broader ...

Downing Street has said the small boats situation in the English Channel is "deteriorating", ahead of a key UK-France summit ...

France has long been a launchpad for migrants hoping to cross the Channel and start a better life in Britain. Read more at ...

France and Britain hope to unveil changes that will help French authorities stem the flow of migrant boats heading to the UK ...

THE small boats crisis in the English Channel is “deteriorating”, Downing Street admitted today. It came after Sir Keir ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said France should do more to tackle a rise in small boat crossings in the English Channel, ahead of ...

Opposition politicians in Britain say that smugglers are exploiting a French law that bars police from acting once migrants are in the water.

But as more small boats land on English shores, and the British government comes under mounting pressure from the far right to tackle irregular migration, London has pressed Paris to do more.