A vigil held in the British capital London for at least 12 people who died earlier this week while crossing the English Channel from France.

Following an executive order issued last week by US President Joe Biden, the United States appears set for a major policy shift which could affect migrant patterns across the Western hemisphere.

The mayor of the Texas city of El Paso has warned that the sharp rise in migrants crossing the US border from Mexico has pushed the city to ‘breaking point’.

The Bibby Stockholm, which docked off the Dorset Coast last month, was supposed to house as many as 500 refugees, a few dozen of whom were sent aboard, and then removed due to the discovery of Legionnaire’s disease in the water supply of the barge.

Britain has moved dozens of asylum-seekers to a large residential barge on its southern coast.

Thousands of asylum-seekers annually travel to Britain on small dinghies, risking their lives to cross the English Channel.

The Dutch coalition government falls after ministers fail to agree on how to handle the number of asylum seekers entering the Netherlands.