A French court has issued prison terms of up to 15 years to 18 people convicted of forming a vast gang to smuggle migrants ...

The defendants were detained in a pan-European police operation in 2022 that led to dozens of arrests and the seizure of boats, life jackets, outboard engines and cash.

The duo pleaded guilty in October to attempting to import a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug (cocaine) between ...

In the Eastern Region, Mt Maunganui Lifeguards observed three divers in distress near Motuotau Island during a roving patrol.

On all fronts, the Labour Party is finding the easy nostrums of opposition colliding with the hard realities of government.

Disgraced former Olympic kayaker Nathan Baggaley and his brother Dru are eligible for parole after they were re-sentenced for ...

Calm weather led to 5,417 people crossing in 99 boats in October - the highest monthly total so far this year.

One man has died while attempting to cross the English Channel from France, bringing the total number of migrants who have lost their lives making the journey this year to at least 58. French ...

Four migrants died attempting to cross the English Channel on flimsy vessels from the French coast between Tuesday night and ...

Pictures show the desperate attempt to cross the Channel on a smuggler's dinghy on Ecault beach in Saint-Etienne-au-Mont in ...

Migrants trying to cross the English Channel have been pictured falling into the sea as they struggle to board an inflatable dinghy on a beach in northern France ...