Migration22 hrs agoPlans for direct train to Berlin in new UK-Germany treatyIt comes as Friedrich Merz makes his first official visit to the UK as German chancellor.22 hrs ago2 days agoGovernment wants more migrants to fill job gapsThe Manx government is responding partly due to vacancy numbers exceeding the number of jobseekers.2 days ago6 days agoA decade of small boat migrants - how did it begin?A former Dover coastguard, an ex-border security chief and a customs boss recall the first landings.6 days ago8 days agoHow many people cross the Channel in small boats?Sir Keir Starmer has promised to "smash the gangs" which smuggle people across the English Channel.8 days ago8 days ago'One in, one out' sounds simple - but the migrant deal could be complicatedDetails aside, the agreement is likely to encounter legal, political and practical obstacles.8 days ago10 Jul 2025Migrants in Calais say they will stop at nothing to reach the UK"We're going to try again and again to cross to the UK," one migrant told the BBC10 Jul 202510 Jul 2025Migrant deal will be seen as failure if numbers don't fallThe "one-in-one-out" deal with France to be announced later will have to deter people from getting in small boats.10 Jul 20254 Jul 2025BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat' heading to UKWatch video of French police destroying a boat in the English Channel in a rare and unusual intervention, which police have made clear is not a new tactic.4 Jul 20254 Jul 2025Watch: French police wade into sea to slash migrant 'taxi-boat' The BBC's Andrew Harding saw French gendarmes using knives to slash an inflatable small boat, packed with men, women and children.4 Jul 2025...