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Football legend Graeme Souness will swim the English Channel to raise £1.1m for charity

Souness takes on challenge to raise awareness and funds to help people with painful and incurable "butterfly skin" condition.

Daily Record

Rangers legend Graeme Souness reveals next move after Sky Sports exit

The former pundit is aiming to complete a swim of the Channel crossing to raise money for DEBRA’s A Life Free of Pain appeal.

The National (Scotland)

Sunak unable to commit to lowering migration as Border Force bring people ashore

A Border Force vessel brought about 70 people thought to be migrants in to Dover, Kent, on Friday, after a small boat incident in the Channel.

The Independent UK

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Last boat of its kind Waverley to return to Bristol Channel this summer

The last seagoing paddle steamer will fare tourists and local residents along the Bristol Channel for the first time in five years this June

Bristol Post

How Britain’s unpredictable spring weather can affect migratory birds

Some birds may delay crossing the Channel during adverse weather, but this comes with its own risks

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak pleads for EU help in stopping migrant boats crossing the Channel

The Prime Minister and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen agreed to bolster cooperation in tackling illegal migration across the Strait of Dover - the world's busiest shipping lane

Daily Mirror

Rwanda asylum plan: Timeline of goverment’s policy to deport migrants

How the events leading up to the Rwanda plan’s return to court and Suella Braverman’s conservatism speech unfolded

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Stricken dinghy was not rescued after it entered UK waters, maritime logs reveal

Boat with 38 people onboard got into difficulty in Channel and left to drift back towards France, FOI request shows

The Guardian - UK

UK coastguard ‘left Channel migrants adrift’ in lead-up to mass drowning

Investigation reveals that at least 440 people appear to have been abandoned in the weeks before the worst Channel disaster in 30 years

The Guardian - UK

‘Horror beyond words’: how Channel distress calls were ‘ignored’ 19 times before 2021 disaster

Investigation reveals that understaffed Dover control room was overwhelmed by calls from people in trouble before 27 died at sea

The Guardian - UK

Lords committee urges end to Brexit barriers for musicians and young people

Chair says small changes could make big difference to cultural and educational interests on both sides of Channel

The Guardian - UK

You can sail from Wales on the world's last sea-going paddle steamer the Waverley this summer

Waverley will give people the opportunity to step aboard for a nostalgic trip across the Bristol Channel from Penarth, Porthcawl and Tenby

Wales Online

Braverman’s comments on boat arrivals’ values rejected by fellow Tories

Sayeeda Warsi among those objecting to home secretary’s view people crossing Channel have values that ‘are at odds with our country’

The Guardian - UK

‘Incredibly unlikely’ UK would leave human rights convention, says minister

Andrew Mitchell warned strongly against leaving the ECHR amid the ongoing debate about small boats crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK

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Reuters

UK illegal migration bill approved by parliament's lower house

A new British law which seeks to bar the entry of asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the Channel was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, after the government accepted several amendments from rebel Conservatives.

Daily Mirror

Tory warns more Sudanese refugees will cross Channel - but won't offer safe alternative

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said that he expects the number of people fleeing Sudan arriving in the UK by small boat to rise, but said the Government had no immediate plans for a Ukraine-style refugee scheme

Evening Standard

900 Afghans crossed Channel this year but ‘many will be abandoned under lllegal Migration Bill’ - thinktank

The majority of small boat crossings in 2023 were made by Afghan nationals

Radio France Internationale

French court jails Afghans over Channel people smuggling

A French court has jailed four Afghans and handed lesser sentences to five others for illegally smuggling migrants across the Channel to Britain on dinghies in 2021.

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak forced to back down on refusal to set up new safe and legal routes before ‘stopping the boats’

Amendment to Illegal Migration Bill will mandate new alternatives to Channel crossings after Tory rebellion

Daily Mirror

Marcus Smith: 'I want to win Champions Cup. To do that in England is extremely tough'

Harlequins' England fly-half says Premiership needs to match spending power of French clubs and stops short of ruling out move across Channel one day

The Independent UK

Home Office expects to support up to 140,000 asylum seekers after record Channel crossings

Home secretary’s lawyers tell High Court situation is ‘emergency’ as council battles asylum camp at RAF base

Reuters

Britain expects up to 56,000 immigrants to arrive in small boats this year

Britain is anticipating that 56,000 migrants will cross the Channel in small boats to its shores this year, court documents show, meaning it would be need to house as many as 140,000 asylum seekers.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Conservative candidate suspended after posting on Facebook about 'stoning' refugees

He posted on Facebook in 2021 about 'stoning' refugees who cross the Channel

The Independent UK

Channel crossings top 5,000 for the year so far

Figures show more than 100 migrants arrived in the UK on Monday after making the journey.

The Independent UK

English Channel migrant crossings pass 5,000 in 2023

Numbers rising after bad weather stopped crossings for five days, raising questions over government ‘deterrent’ strategy

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