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Eight migrants die while trying to cross English Channel

The shocking incident took place between the French ports of Calais and Boulougne overnight

Evening Standard

Hostility towards migrants led to these deaths in the Channel

Letter: Lesley Hare and Simon Shaw say the obsession with detaining and returning people resulted in 12 people dying in one of the worst tragedies since the small boats crisis began

The Guardian - UK

National Crime Agency 'on its knees', report warns with 'Britain's FBI' facing brain drain

The agency is at the heart of Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to ‘smash the gangs’ bringing people across the English Channel in small boats

Evening Standard

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Labour bid to ‘smash the gangs’ could add to death risk for Channel migrants

Government ‘hoping’ it will not have to create safe and legal route or change asylum law, says Home Office source

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer vows to stop people-smuggling gangs with tactics used to jail rioters

Prime minister held a ‘high-level’ summit attended by National Crime Agency, Border Force and senior ministers

The Guardian - UK

Brave words, Yvette Cooper – but refugees like me know Britain can’t stop people traffickers

The small-boats ‘summit’ is doomed – there will be smugglers as long as there are people as desperate as I was

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Labour has ‘no plans’ to send prisoners to Estonia to ease overcrowding, says No 10 – as it happened

Downing Street says plan to relocate prisoners from England and Wales was from previous Conservative administration

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Yvette Cooper to chair summit on tackling Channel smuggling gangs

Ministers, intelligence officers, Border Force and CPS staff to attend meeting at NCA headquarters

The Guardian - UK

Simply ‘smashing the gangs’ will not stop Channel crossing deaths

Letter: John Morrison says Labour’s mistake has been to follow the Conservatives in suggesting that one big idea will solve a complex issue

The Guardian - UK

Royal Navy member dies after Merlin helicopter crashes into Channel

Two others rescued after incident during training with HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier off Dorset coast

The Guardian - UK

'I Saw Them Die': Survivors Recount Migrant Boat Capsizing In Channel

Biniam Semay was on a boat carrying dozens of migrants across the Channel from France to England when the fragile vessel ripped apart, leaving his younger sister and 11 others dead.

International Business Times

One dead after Royal Navy Merlin helicopter ditches in the Channel

Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was ‘deeply saddened’ by the death

The Independent UK

Royal Navy investigates 'double engine failure' that caused fatal crash

The training incident involved HMS Queen Elizabeth in Dorset on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Bungling smugglers lost £35million of cocaine overboard in English Channel drugs drop

Cocaine worth £35m was brought into Eastbourne by boat, but at least £35m more had been lost overboard at sea

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

French police clear site where victims of Channel tragedy are said to have lived

Belongings and tents removed, and residents bussed away, as part of official policy to deter coastal encampments

Radio France Internationale

French minister says EU, UK need 'migration treaty' after Channel deaths

France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin called for a treaty on migration between the EU and Britain Tuesday, after 12 migrants died trying to cross the Channel in the worst such incident this year.

Evening Standard

Channel migrants: Packed dinghy spotted crossing sea from France a day after 12 drown in latest tragedy

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin warns Britain’s black economy will continue to be a magnet for illegal immigrants

The Independent UK

Migrant boat seen trying to cross English Channel day after 12 people died in capsize horror

A pregnant woman and six children were among 12 people who died after their boat sank trying to cross

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The Independent UK

Watch: Migrants board small boats in France to cross English Channel after deadly tragedy

Watch as migrants board small boats in France to cross the English Channel on Wednesday (4 September).

The National (Scotland)

Pregnant woman among 12 who drowned after overcrowded migrant boat capsized

A PREGNANT woman and six children were among 12 people who died after their boat sank trying to cross the English Channel...

International Business Times

Twelve Migrants Die Trying To Cross Channel To UK

At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue operation was underway.

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Tragedy Strikes As Migrant Vessel Capsizes In Channel

Tragedy strikes as 10 migrants die in Channel crossing; governments vow to combat smuggling networks.

Evening Standard

Channel migrants tragedy: Pregnant woman and six children among 12 who died as dinghy capsized

Ten women and two men reportedly died after bottom of small boat ‘ripped open’ on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Six children and pregnant woman among 12 dead in deadliest migrant boat tragedy this year

Bottom of boat ‘ripped open’, plunging more than 60 people into waters off France

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