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Dozens of people were onboard the boat when it got into difficulties

The Coastguard is working with the Royal Navy, Border Force, Kent Police and others to co-ordinate the response.

Hussein Haseeb Ahmed, 31, died at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent, having crossed the Channel on a small boat seven days previously

No chance of finding skipper and crew members of L’Ecume II alive after collision in Channel, rescuers conclude

It comes as a senior Tory MP condemns the Home Office for illegal migration rhetoric

Ministers from Britain, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands on Thursday agreed plans to step up co-operation to tackle irregular immigration across Europe and try to stop people smugglers working in the English Channel.

The home secretary’s factionalism and refusal to toe the line are making Rishi Sunak look weaker by the day, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Qirjako Qirko repeatedly told MPs his government has ‘no information’ about an increase in people from the Balkan state making the journey to the UK.

Report recommends ministers should legislate to make it impossible to claim asylum in the UK after travelling from a safe country