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Illegal Immigration

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Coast Guard Fires to Disable Boat Smuggling 25 Chinese Nationals Off Florida

DHS framed the action as reinforcement of its maritime deterrence posture, with HSI opening a criminal investigation.

39 Migrants Rescued From Locked, Burning Trailer After Chase at Texas Checkpoint

French Police Reported to Watchdogs After Video Shows Migrant Dinghy Slashed Near Calais

France and UK Renew Sandhurst Deal With Results-Linked Funding to Curb Channel Crossings

NCA Leads Raids on Car Washes and Barber Shop in People-Smuggling Probe That Nets Two Suspects

Germany Arrests 30-Year-Old Over Telegram Smuggling of At Least 66 People

1,000 Officers Search 50 Sites in Leipzig in Passport-Fraud Probe

Welsh Car-Wash Owners Get 19 Years Each for Leading European People-Smuggling Ring

Wolverhampton People-Smuggling Facilitator Jailed for 10 Years Over Vietnamese Channel Crossings

French Rescue 78 in Channel as Crossings Top 4,000 and UK Presses Tougher France Deal

Five Texas Smugglers Get 89 Years in Hostage and Assault Case

L.A. Smuggling Boss Pleads Guilty to Moving 20,000 Migrants, Admits Hostage-Taking

Spain Rescues 127 Migrants From Seven Small Boats Off the Balearic Islands

One Dead, One Injured After Migrant Boat Landing at Playa de los Muertos in Almería

U.S. Grand Jury Indicts 22-Year-Old Indian National in Alleged Canada–New York Smuggling Scheme

Italian SAR Alert Lists 380 Missing After Tunisia Departures as Survivor Reports Fatal Capsizing

Romanian Lorry Drivers Jailed for Trying to Smuggle 49 People From UK to France

MSC Splendida Rescues 19 Near Cabrera Before Handing Them to Barcelona Authorities

Channel Crossings Surpass 2024 Total as Franco‑British Return Pact Shows Strain

At Least 40 Drown as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia