Russian jailed for attempting to smuggle migrants including girl, aged 5, out of the UK
The migrants, all of North African origin, were attempting to avoid French border immigration controls
Source: independent.co.uk
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Teenage migrant drowns while trying to cross the Channel in small boat
French emergency services found the body of an Eritrean male aged around 17 to 18 years of age who drowned crossing the English Channel.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
More than 500 migrants cram into just NINE small boats in the Channel
Nine boats have been intercepted carrying a total of 537 migrants crossing the English Channel, according to the latest Home Office figures.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Fifteen migrants posing as children are 'found to be adults' by Kent officials after having their ages reassessed - as people smugglers 'actively brief them to say they are under 16'
The ages of 23 migrants claiming to be children were assessed - and of these 15 were found to actually be adults. MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke warned urgent action is needed for age checks.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
'It's not our job to stop the boats' says French border policeman as he admits he ALLOWED a family to leave 'because they touched my heart': Fury at attitude of guards supposedly paid out of £480m by UK taxpayers to head off migrants
This is despite UK taxpayers funding Rishi Sunak's £480million deal with Emmanuel Macron in a bid to stop the crossings. The Prime Minister struck a three-year deal with the French President in March.
Source: dailymail.co.uk