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Increase In Migrant Dinghies Crossing Channel To England

Increase in migrant dinghies crossing English Channel raises concerns about border control and humanitarian response.

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French police rescue more migrants trying to cross Channel to UK

French authorities said they rescued 66 people from a boat trying to cross the Channel to the United Kingdom, which has recorded a record number of crossings from northern France since the start of the year.

Radio France Internationale

Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq

Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghy

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Father of seven-year old girl who died in crush during Channel small boats crossing tells of grief

Ahmed Alhashimi’s daughter Sara was killed as a large group attempted to crowd onto small boat on April 23

Evening Standard

Children left to drown in the Channel – is this where Britain’s drift to the right is taking us?

Criticism of the comments made by Ben Habib of Reform UK died down very quickly. And that’s terrifying, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak

Supporters of the Rwanda deportation scheme fail to understand the lessons of Australia

The Guardian - UK

What is the real story behind Vietnamese Channel boat crossings?

Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak

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Two charged with immigration offences after deaths of five people in Channel

Pair from Sudan and South Sudan appear in court after Tuesday’s incident on beach in northern France

The Guardian - UK

Three men arrested after five people die in Channel boat crossing

Suspects being questioned by National Crime Agency in Kent on suspicion of immigration offences

The Guardian - UK

A grownup debate, not game-playing, is the only way to address the refugee crisis

Letters: Colin Montgomery, Daniel Fenton, Federico Moscogiuri, Alwyn Jones and Martin Coult on small boats, deaths in the Channel and the passing of the safety of Rwanda bill

The Guardian - UK

Channel migrants tragedy: Three men arrested after five people including child died trying to reach UK

Investigators are questioning two men from Sudan aged 19 and 22, and a third 22-year-old suspect from south Sudan

Evening Standard

Don’t rescue people who scupper their Channel boats, says Reform UK deputy

Ben Habib says navy or Border Force should not save people who throw themselves into sea if they have refused other vessels

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron: Deal to send migrants back to France ‘simply not possible’

A migrant returns agreement with France to help break up smuggling gangs and stop people making the perilous journey across the Channel is “simply not possible”, the Foreign Secretary has said.

Evening Standard

British Parliament Passes Legislation For Rwanda Migrant Plan

British Parliament approves sending migrants to Rwanda to deter Channel crossings, facing legal challenges.

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‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown

The Guardian - UK

Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

International Business Times

Five Dead, Including Child, In Tragic Channel Crossing Attempt

Despite facing perilous conditions, 57 individuals pressed on with their journey to Britain after the boat's motor was restarted, stated Calais prefect Jacques Billant.

Evening Standard

Channel boat tragedy hours after Rwanda go-ahead: The Standard podcast

Rishi Sunak’s flagship deportation scheme in stark focus

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UK Rwanda Law Sparks Fear Among Migrants Hoping To Cross Channel

Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.

Radio France Internationale

Five migrants including a child die in attempted Channel crossing from France

At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on their overcrowded small boat, local authorities said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Five people die in attempt to cross Channel in small boat from France

Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 people

France 24

At least five migrants die attempting to cross Channel for UK

At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight during an attempt to cross the Channel from France to Britain, a French police source said on Tuesday.

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Tragedy Strikes As Migrants Die Crossing English Channel

Tragedy strikes as 5 die crossing English Channel, 100 migrants rescued. UK deportation bill criticized for harshness.

International Business Times

France Migrant Graves Recount Tragic Channel Crossings

After 20-year-old Sudanese migrant Yasser died trying to climb onto a truck crossing the Channel to Britain, he was laid to rest far from his home country in a cemetery in northern France.

International Business Times

From Bulgaria To The English Channel: Tracing Trafficked Migrant Boats

The Kapitan Andreevo border post, one of the busiest in Europe, is more than 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the nearest sea, but Bulgarian customs officer Georgi Gospodinov is on the lookout for dinghies.

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