The Foreign Office has named the first 25 targets of its sanctions aimed at key figures who assist illegal migration across ...

Dozens of migrants are known to have been brought into the UK on pleasure craft in recent years, arriving at private marinas ...

Officials tried to ease public anger by penalizing networks run by gangs and organized crime. Experts and critics say the ...

Individuals and entities sanctioned include a small boat supplier in Asia and gang leaders based in North Africa.

The UK imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and ...

New powers under the Sanctions Act will see gang leaders, small boat suppliers, fake passport makers and anyone else enabling ...

The UK also targeted Alen Basil, a former police translator it accused of now leading a large smuggling network in Serbia, “terrorising refugees, with the aid of corrupt policemen”.

Those that could be hit in the first wave of sanctions include people smugglers, dinghy makers and public officials.

For the first time, criminals responsible for hundreds of dangerous small boat crossings are being sanctioned - meaning they face having their assets seized and will be barred from entering the UK ...

The UK imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and ...

The United Kingdom sanctioned Wednesday more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers accused of helping to smuggle migrants across the ...