The UK unveils £100m in new border funding and introduces legal sanctions for migrant-smuggling posts on social media as Channel crossings hit a record number in 2025.
The UK has introduced the world’s first sanctions regime targeting people smugglers, enabling asset freezes and travel bans against 25 individuals and organisations involved in illegal migration networks.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to Paris this week seeking to strike a new migrant deal with French President Emmanuel Macron, aimed at returning asylum seekers who cross the Channel in small boats. The proposal, understood to be a “one in, one out” pilot scheme, would see the UK return some migrants to France…