All news on the topic: Migrant crisis

The girl, who died has not been named, and was thought to be travelling with her parents, who have been taken to hospital following the ordeal in the English Channel

Five-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero had a myriad of viruses and medical conditions before his untimely death about two months ago, according to the local medical examiner's report

One person has been charged with assisting unlawful entry into the UK after migrants were found in the back of a lorry at Newhaven ferry port in East Sussex

The boat's teen pilot is on trial over the December 2022 incident but a refugee charity has filed for complaints, including ‘involuntary manslaughter’, against British authorities

Almost 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023, despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledging to 'stop the boats' more than a year ago. As such, almost 2,000 Mirror readers say the PM has failed to deliver on his promise

The number of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to the UK last year may have fallen - but it's still the second highest on record. Do you think the Tories have delivered on their pledge to stop the boats?

At least 61 people died when the boat carrying migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea capsized off the coast of Libya, as rescuers reported seeing a 'deflated rubber boat' in high waves

A British teacher is among an estimated 60,000 families hit by visa law changes passed earlier this month which raised the minimum income requirement for spouses and dependents in the UK

A boat carrying migrants in the Channel has got into difficulty with one person dying and another is in a critical condition with the survivors taken to Calais, said French authorities

Home Secretary James Cleverly has set out a five-point plan aimed at bringing down net migration, which hit a record high in 2022. Here's what was announced and what it really means

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary

The Mirror travelled to Calais to speak to the families in northern France facing starvation, dwindling medical supplies and more as they desperately try to cross the Channel to Britain

A man and woman are confirmed to have died after several people fell into the English Channel off the coast of Calais, with a Dungeness RNLI lifeboat sent out

The Home Office has confirmed a case of the highly infectious condition scabies at an RAF base used to house asylum seekers as protestors say the disease is spreading

February 24 has been earmarked as the date when a plane carrying asylum seekers who have reached the UK will depart for the Rwandan capital Kigali, it has emerged

We can reveal the National Crime Agency – which arrested Hewa Rahimpur before he was extradited to Belgium – is probing two Albanian men in connection to the ringleader’s network

Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech

The Prime Minister spoke out after attending a meeting of the European Political Community in Granada, Spain, where leaders discussed tackling people smuggling gangs

Boubakar Toure, 27, from Gambia, and Godstime Erheneden, 30, heard the bus smash through a safety rail and plunge down a gorge in Venice and immediately raced to the scene to try rescue those trapped inside the burning vehicle

The refugee convention exists for a reason – to keep these people safe, and it’s rooted in a belief that there is a shared humanity with a shared set of rights

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has flown to the US to give a speech on rewriting international human rights rules as thousands of desperate people make dangerous Channel crossings

The vessel, moored in Dorset, has been empty since the first 39 migrants on board were evacuated over fears of a deadly legionella outbreak, and now legal fight will go to court

Keir Starmer called for MI5 and European spy agencies to work closer together, with inflatable boats "effectively made to order" and said the Tories have only offered "gimmicks"

Despite the danger, dozens of migrants regularly clamber aboard to travel for three days to the US border in search of the American Dream - but many never even make it that far

Three children and a baby were among the dead when two boats sank in the Mediterranean overnight, with the Greek government praising the 'superhuman efforts' of rescue workers