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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

France 24

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.

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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.

International Business Times

Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a controversial idea in the UK?

Urbanist Carlos Moreno on how his concept is transforming French life and what is hindering change across the Channel

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UK says Channel crossings on small boats hit a record this winter

Channel arrivals on small boats to the UK hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, British officials said Monday.

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UK Says Channel Crossings On Small Boats Hit A Record This Winter

Channel arrivals on small boats to the UK hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, the interior ministry said Monday.

International Business Times

Record 5,000 cross Channel to UK in first three months of 2024

Number of arrivals via small boats was 4,993 as of Saturday, exceeding previous record for equivalent period of 4,548

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for smuggling 52 migrants across Channel in ‘overcrowded’ dinghy

A man who piloted a small boat carrying more than 50 migrants to Britain from France has been jailed.

Evening Standard

Cross-channel ferry crews must be paid at least £9.95 an hour under French law

New minimum wage law to be brought in two years after P&O Ferries replaced hundreds of workers with low-cost crew

The Guardian - UK

Migrant Relatives Sue French State Over 2021 Channel Tragedy

The family of an Ethiopian man who was among 27 migrants who drowned in 2021 when their boat capsized in the Channel filed a complaint Friday suing the French state in the first such case over the disaster, two groups said.

International Business Times

Ibrahima Bah was sentenced to nine years for steering a ‘death trap’ dinghy across the Channel. Was he really to blame?

The young asylum seeker was forced into piloting the boat on which at least four people drowned. Under new ‘stop the boats’ laws, he’s responsible for their deaths – but others say he’s a victim

The Guardian - UK

The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

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‘No foot-dragging’, warns chair of inquiry into 27 Channel deaths

Inquiry set up after report found rescue attempts beset by confusion and poor communication between UK and France

Evening Standard

More than 300 migrants crossed Channel on day girl, 7, drowns

The child had been travelling with her pregnant mother in a boat carrying 16 people when it capsized

The Guardian - UK

Fears UK coastguards left children adrift on small boats before Channel tragedy

Children heard crying on 999 calls from boats in days before mass drowning, records suggest, yet logs contain no record of rescue attempts

The Guardian - UK

Vindication Swim review – pioneering endurance-swim tale in shadow of Nyad

Uncertain line readings and torpid direction hamper the story of the first British woman to swim the Channel

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Evening Standard

Seven-year-old girl dies in France in migrant crossing attempt

Unnamed girl was on ‘flimsy’ boat that capsized in northern France on Sunday morning

The Guardian - UK

RNLI-Border Force row reveals ‘chaos’ in maritime rescue before Channel tragedy

Questions about UK Coastguard’s reliance on charity after lifeboat volunteers asked to cover for Border Force to aid stricken vessel

The Guardian - UK

‘No stunt doubles for me,’ says actor who braved Channel to recreate epic swim

Kirsten Callaghan tells how she had to deal with rain, rough seas and mackerel for a film about Mercedes Gleitze’s pioneering 1927 feat

The Guardian - UK

‘They can’t grieve’: families in limbo as Channel boat victims left unidentified

French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved ones

Evening Standard

Three people feared dead after small boats 'incident' in English Channel

One person has died and two people are missing after a small boat incident in the English Channel, the French coastguard has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds jailed for coming to UK in small boats to claim asylum, says report

Study says prosecutions include children and victims of trafficking and torture

The Guardian - UK

Man who steered small Channel boat sentenced to detention after four died

Ibrahima Bah, who was also being smuggled to UK, convicted of gross negligence manslaughter and facilitating illegal entry

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