The UK and France have reached an agreement to try to stem the flow of migrants making the crossing from France to the UK via the English Channel. The development comes against the backdrop of a visit ...

Yvette Cooper insisted the plan would ‘fundamentally undermine’ the people smugglers organising the crossings.

Every day, migrants try to make the dangerous crossing between England and France in small boats or dinghies. Newsround went ...

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the numbers had not even been 'fixed' for the pilot stage of the 'one in, one out' scheme - after negotiations went down to the wire.