Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke has reported that on Sunday at Shakespeare beach, local dog walkers were greeted by two small boats that were abandoned, with life jackets scattered…
Six people have been arrested after joint work between the National Crime Agency (NCA) and French authorities led to the dismantling of a people smuggling network storing boats in northern…
Last Tuesday, 11 October, Dover and Deal Conservative MP, Natalie Elphicke spoke in Parliament to call for the strengthening of border controls for people and goods at the Port of…
WARNING: Contains footage and detail which may be distressing. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has released new footage and a crew testimony to give a first-hand insight into what…
Natalie Elphicke MP raised concerns in Parliament Responding to the findings of a BBC News report on the Channel crossings, which showed a free French public bus traveling from the…
MP for Dover & Deal Natalie Elphicke has commented on the reported ‘ambitious package of measures’ to tackle the small boats crisis discussed by PM Liz Truss and President Macron…
The warm welcome given to Ukrainian guests who have come to live in the district continues with an event in Folkestone on Thursday 1 September. Organised by Folkestone & Hythe…
Lives at risk crossing the treacherous English Channel in small boats Dover MP Natalie Elphicke has called for renewed action to put a stop to small boat Channel crossings. The…
National Crime Agency officers have assisted an operation in France which has seen more than a dozen arrests in connection with the deaths of 27 people attempting to cross the…
Two suspected members of an organised crime group smuggling people into the UK in horseboxes have been arrested in raids by the National Crime Agency. Officers arrested a 50-year-old man…
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