Summary: Four suspects arrested after boat carrying migrants sank in English Channel . Over 2,000 attempted channel crossings in the past week. Survivor accounts reveal the dangers and challenges of the journey. French and UK authorities working to prevent migrant boat crossings. Migrants show determination to reach Britain despite the risks. Government policy focuses on considering boat crossings illegal and establishing third-country agreements. Critics advocate for providing safe and legal routes for asylum seekers. ...

Summary: Migrants arriving at RAF Weathersfield are being told they can live with relatives in the UK, sparking concerns about the clarity of immigration policies. Local officials express confusion and question the approach, suggesting potential alternatives to discourage illegal crossings. Legal and ethical concerns arise as human trafficking victims cannot be housed in certain facilities according to Home Office guidance. Critics raise doubts about the overall effectiveness of current immigration policies and the ability to detain and deport migrants. ...

Italy: At least 59 migrants drown including 12 children In the darkness they're looking for survivors, the desperate who've managed to make it to shore. People cast into the water when this, their overpacked boat was wrecked off the Italian coast. Migrants heading to Europe, but dying at sea. With daylight, the grim reality, a growing line of bodies arising death toll. Rough conditions meaning many, including children, are already dead when they're pulled from the water. The search and rescue operation is very, very difficult. It's very windy and the sea is not, it's dangerous. So, so it's, these operations are really not so simple to do at the moment. This reduces the possibility to find other people still alive. The survivors are deeply traumatised, haunted by the horrors they've seen. People from Pakistan, Somalia and Afghanistan, sailing from Turkey w...

Migrant crossings: 'Can you stop the small boats?' Are you going to be able to stop the small boats? Well, that's our objective. We couldn't have been clearer in putting it as one of the five central promises of this government to stop the boats, secure our borders and bring fairness back to our asylum system. We're going to do everything in our power to achieve that, and ultimately, it will be for the public to decide at the next general election whether we've succeeded or not. But be in no doubt that the Prime Minister of the Home Section and I will do everything we can to achieve that goal. I'm just interested in listening to some of the language you're using there. It's your objective. You're going to do everything you can to achieve it, not saying, yeah, we are going to stop the small boats. We are going to stop the small boats, and we wi...

UK agrees to give France £480m to tackle small boat crossings Rishi Sunak arriving in Paris, promising a new beginning. His predecessor couldn't say if Emmanuel Macron was a true ally. It's France's offender faux prime minister. This new prime minister in little doubt. The warmest of handshakes in the courtyard of the Elysees Palace. This is the first summit of its kind since 2018. Both leaders keen to show the world that this is a diplomatic bromance. A brief pose for the cameras, but soon alone together. The president and prime minister spent an hour in talks with no aides or officials in the room. Top of the agenda, small boats crossing the channel. In the last decade the UK has given over £250 million in funding to French authorities and they still keep coming. Rishi Sunak believes his predecessors took the wrong approach. If we're honest, the relationship betwee...