Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned

<p>Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities</p><p>Ministers are to outlaw social media adverts promoting <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/31/channel-crossings-25000-faster-year-record-asylum-seekers-migrants">journeys on small boats</a> across the Channel to asylum seekers.</p><p>The government will create a UK-wide criminal offence that could lead to perpetrators being sentenced for up to five years in prison and a hefty fine.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/01/social-media-ads-promoting-small-boat-crossings-uk-banned">Continue reading...</a>