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Channel crossings reach highest daily total in 2023 so far

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made tackling small boat crossings a priority for his Government this year.

The Independent UK

Channel crossings reach single highest daily total of 2023 with 616 making journey

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made tackling small boat crossings a priority for his Government this year.

Evening Standard

More than 600 migrants cross Channel in 2023 record – days after Sunak claimed plan was ‘working’

Numbers crossing rise as seas calm during heatwave

The Independent UK

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More than 600 migrants cross Channel in 2023 record - days after Sunak claimed plan was ‘working’

Numbers rocket after as seas calm amid UK heatwave

The Independent UK

Lawmakers say UK's planned law to deport Channel migrants breaches rights obligations

A committee of lawmakers say Britain will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through with government plans to detain and deport people who reach the U.K. in small boats

The Independent UK

Illegal Migration Bill breaches UK human rights obligations, MPs and peers warn

The so-called Stop The Boats Bill is seen as central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to prevent small boats of migrants crossing the Channel.

The Independent UK

Sunak’s small boats drive won’t bring back Tory voters, says John Curtice

Focus on Channel migrants reminds voters of ‘dramatic failure’ of Brexit, says polling guru

The Independent UK

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Sunak says ‘stop the boats’ plan is ‘starting to work’ as he announces two new barges

PM accused of ‘self-congratulatory’ hubris – but insists his policies are acting as a deterrent rather than poor weather in Channel

The Independent UK

Navy veteran happy to see ‘so many people’ ahead of 79th anniversary of D-Day

Ernie Davies, 98, was among the 11 British veterans who travelled across the Channel to mark the anniversary of the historic military invasion.

The Independent UK

Sunak challenged on timing of small boats speech as crossings drop during strong winds

Mr Sunak played down the possibility that poor weather may be part of the reason for a reduction in journeys

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak announces two new barges to house asylum seekers

Rishi Sunak said his plan to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel is working, but there is “work to do”, as he announced two more…

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak confirms two new ships will house 1,000 migrants

Two more ships are set to house Channel migrants, the Prime Minister announced on a visit to Dover

Evening Standard

PM Rishi Sunak to speak out about his pledge to stop small boats crossing the Channel

Rishi Sunak will speak out about his pledge to end small boat Channel crossings and tackle the asylum backlog as he comes under pressure over Conservative migration pledges.

Evening Standard

Home Office aims to deter Channel crossings from Albania with ad campaign

Adverts in Albanian will target people considering making the journey across the Channel to the UK without permission.

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Wales Online

Government targets Albanians crossing Channel with ad campaign critics slam as 'pointless'

A refugee charity boss has called on the Home office to 'create more safe routes for refugees to travel here to claim asylum'

The Guardian - UK

British man dies after falling from yacht during Channel race

The sailor, whose identity has not been disclosed, was from Greater Manchester, Sussex police say

Radio France Internationale

French soldiers accused of failing to help in English Channel migrant tragedy

French magistrates have filed preliminary charges against five maritime rescue personnel over the deaths of 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in a flimsy dinghy in November 2021.

The Independent UK

French soldiers charged for failing to rescue 27 who drowned in Channel disaster: ‘You are in English waters, sir’

Three women and two men on duty at the Channel rescue centre at the time among those charged

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Reuters

France charges five soldiers over 2021 Channel migrants accident

French judges charged five soldiers on Thursday for not assisting people in danger over the deaths of 27 migrants trying to cross the Channel in a small boat in November 2021.

The Independent UK

David Cameron: Don’t criticise Braverman’s Rwanda plan unless you’ve got better answer

Former Tory PM has ‘huge sympathy’ with crackdown on Channel people smugglers

The Guardian - UK

Graeme Souness to swim Channel for charity’s appeal on rare skin disorder

Former footballer, manager and pundit aims to raise £1.1m to help people with EB, saying: ‘This will be the most difficult challenge I’ve ever taken on’

Daily Record

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.

The National (Scotland)

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 Independent UK

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.

Bristol Post

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

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