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Migrants applying for legal entry to the UK from French soil must carry cellphones and be ready to answer calls from officials at any time over a three-month period.

The UK government reduced its rate of asylum grants from 76 percent of applicants in 2022 to 42 percent in 2025.

In 2025, more than 41,000 people reached Britain after crossing the English Channel.

A condition for migrants to apply for legal entry to the UK from French soil is that they must possess identification documents.

As of September 2026, more than 2,000 migrants were living in camps along the French coast.

The UK government has pledged nearly $900 million to subsidize patrols on French beaches until 2029.

Léa Biteau, manager of a Secours Catholique shelter in France, stated that up to 800 people, mostly young men fleeing the Sudanese civil war, come to the center daily.

According to Léa Biteau, manager of a Secours Catholique shelter in France, a new profile of migrants emerged in the months leading up to September 2026: people previously granted temporary asylum in Germany whose status was not renewed.

Hafez Abdul, an Eritrean migrant, stated that he fled his country to avoid conscription and traveled through Sudan, Russia, Belarus, Latvia, and Belgium before arriving in France.

Eritrean migrant Hafez Abdul said he applied for asylum in France but his application was rejected.

Elsa Faucillon is a French lawmaker who compiled a critical report on the history of British-French initiatives to stop cross-channel migration.

In August 2026, an inflatable boat carrying Eritrean migrant Hafez Abdul and over 160 other people caught fire during an attempted English Channel crossing.

Under European Union law, migrants are supposed to apply for asylum in the first EU country they enter.

In response to increased policing in France, human traffickers have started using different beaches and deploying "water taxis" to pick up migrants from the surf.

Since the 1990s, illegal crossings of the English Channel have been a political issue in Britain and a source of tension between the UK and France.

Human traffickers charge each migrant several thousand euros for a crossing of the English Channel.

In August 2026, a man died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel.

In August 2026, the day after French police thwarted a crossing attempt by about 40 migrants in Dunkirk, nearly 500 other migrants successfully landed in England in small boats.

In August 2026, a group of about 40 African migrants in Dunkirk, France, were prevented by police from reaching the beach to cross the English Channel.

After England won the 2026 World Cup Bronze Final in Miami, Harry Kane flew to New York and played golf instead of watching the final match.