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UK strikes intelligence deal with Belgium to tackle migrant boat crossings
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (382+ words) The agreement between the UK and Belgium was confirmed on Wednesday The Home Secretary has finalised an intelligence-sharing agreement with Belgium in a bid to prevent migrant boats setting sail from the country. Ministers hope the pact will allow law…...
Seven police officers attacked during far-right anti-migrant protest
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (12+ words) in Portsmouth The Independent...
Small boats crisis could worsen if traffickers shift destinations across south coast
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (964+ words) An ‘ongoing cat-and-mouse dynamic between the authorities and smugglers’ could shift where small boats depart from and arrive Traffickers shifting destinations along England’s south coast could present a new challenge in tackling the small boat crisis, an expert has warned....
Protest organiser confronts Zia Yusuf at scene of Portsmouth migrant arrivals
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (989+ words) The founder of a group of protesters who blocked roads in Dover on Saturday has confronted Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf, telling him his party leader Nigel Farage needs to be “careful with his words”. Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo…...
Who is Danny Tommo? The far-right activist who brought protests to Portsmouth
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Demonstrators descend on Portsmouth after small boat migrants brought to shore
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (562+ words) Around 140 migrants are brought ashore by lifeboats near Eastney in Portsmouth Dozens of demonstrators have descended on Portsmouth after migrants headed towards the Hampshire coast on a small boat were intercepted and brought ashore. Video footage showed protesters facing up…...
UK and France sign £662m deal to fund police efforts over small boat crossings
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UK and France deploy new team to stop ‘mega dinghies’ crossing Channel
1+ week, 4+ day ago (422+ words) The UK has agreed a £662m deal with France to pay for French police to stop small boat launches A new team of 45 officers will be deployed on French beaches in the coming weeks, specifically tasked with stopping “mega dinghy” launches…...
Channel crossings crackdown bearing fruit, Mahmood claims amid summer lull
1+ week, 5+ day ago (385+ words) The Home Secretary has claimed the Government’s crackdown on small boats is beginning to “bear fruit” after the combined total number of boat crossings over the summer months fell to its lowest since 2019. Some 102 small boats brought migrants over the…...
English Channel small-boat arrival numbers reach six-year low
1+ week, 6+ day ago (324+ words) Smuggling gangs are now packing larger numbers of migrants onto fewer, bigger craft Government action against small boat Channel crossings is starting to "bear fruit," according to the Home Secretary, following a drop in summer arrivals to their lowest point…...