France has intercepted a people-smugglers’ small boat on the water for the first time as part of tougher tactics to combat ...

French police have punctured Channel migrants’ boats at sea for the first time in a change of tactics backed by Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary. Officers armed with knives entered the sea at a beach ...

France is backing away from a recent commitment to intervene more forcefully at sea to stop small boats from crossing the English Channel, according to multiple sources contacted by the BBC. There is ...

French authorities have stopped a migrant boat destined for Britain for the first time since the two countries struck a major ...