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Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats this year passes 2,000

There have now been more crossings in 2023 than in January and February of 2022 combined

Wales Online

Total number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats passes 2,000

There have now been more crossings in 2023 than in January and February of 2022 combined.

The Independent UK

Children fleeing danger in small boats should be deported, says Tory thinktank

Policy Exchange paper envisages sidestepping Human Rights and Modern Slavery acts to eliminate legal challenges

The Guardian - UK

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Braverman dodges question on timescale for stopping Channel crossings

The Government is set to publish legislation designed to stop migrants crossing the English Channel to the UK in small boats.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak rebukes Tory vice-chair for backing death penalty

Lee Anderson, who was given role on Tuesday, also called for a naval ‘standoff’ in the Channel over small boats

The Guardian - UK

Brexit caused small boats crisis in English Channel, report finds

Rishi Sunak should admit ‘main factor’ behind problem so he can fix it, says Durham University study

The Independent UK

Six Channel migrant smuggling gang members sentenced in France

The group was smuggling boats, engines and life jackets into France before charging migrants 1,500 euros to cross the Channel.

The Independent UK

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Channel crossings continue as more migrants arrive in Kent

Border Force ships brought a number of people to Dover after intercepting a number of boats.

The Independent UK

Tory slams Rishi Sunak's 'phoney war' against European human rights rules

Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts

Daily Mirror

Mother whose children were sent across Channel without her arrives in UK

Woman tells how people-smugglers launched three children, aged 14, nine and five, on dinghy and left her behind

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak wants to ban migrants coming on boats from appealing deportation

Rishi Sunak is considering plans to stop asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats appealing against their deportation, according to reports.

Evening Standard

Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats

Home Office reportedly proposed two options to try to prevent those crossing Channel from claiming asylum

The Guardian - UK

Brittany Ferries planning to bring French tourism boost to Plymouth

The cross-channel operator is involved in a new partnership initiative being funded by VisitBritain

Birmingham Post

Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘would have left 45,000 in permanent limbo last year’

Refugee Council warns tens of thousands who crossed Channel to UK in 2022 would have been detained indefinitely under proposals

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The Independent UK

Home Office resumes responsibility for stopping small boat crossings

Boris Johnson handed leadership for operations in the Channel to the Royal Navy in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants.

The Guardian - UK

French coastguard rescues 83 people from small boats crossing Channel

Passengers taken to Calais after two vessels got into difficulty near Gravelines on north coast of France

The Independent UK

French coastguard rescues 83 migrants on UK-bound small boats

People on two boats were rescued in the Channel on Sunday, as the number of migrants who have made the crossing so far in 2023 nears 1,000.

Evening Standard

Grayson Perry’s Full English on Channel 4 review: a typically incisive look at what it means to be English

The artist’s latest series looks at what it means to be part of this country, from the south coast to the Scottish borders

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The Independent UK

Rwanda flights on hold while legal action continues – minister

It comes as more migrants crossed the Channel to the UK on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal from UK to Rwanda are married

Survey contradicts Priti Patel’s claims that people crossing Channel are ‘not genuine’ asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

UK accused of abandoning 38 people adrift in Channel

French coastguards claim British rescue services said they would help people in dinghy but failed to do so

The Guardian - UK

Censorship fears over plan to keep Channel people-smugglers off social media

Charity says government’s move to tackle ‘TikTok traffickers’ could affect ability to highlight plight of refugees

The Independent UK

More than 100 migrants cross Channel to UK as French coastguard rescues 45

The Ministry of Defence said 106 people made the journey in two boats on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

French coastguard rescues 45 people from boat in difficulty in the Channel

The operation took place off the French coast on Tuesday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Dinghy crossings stop for two weeks after English Channel disaster claims four lives

It is the longest uninterrupted break in activity for nine months, figures show

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