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Babies brought ashore as Channel crossings resume

Almost 5,000 have made the journey already this month.

The Independent UK

France to blame for refugees risking Channel crossings, say NGOs

Hostile policies encourage asylum seekers to try dangerous routes to England, say French support groups

The Guardian - UK

Ministers letting Channel crossings plan 'completely unravel' as Navy 'pulls out'

The Ministry of Defence has reportedly told ministers that it will pull out of its responsibility for dealing with migrant crossings in January next year - and Labour's Yvette Cooper said the Tories had "repeatedly chased headlines rather than doing the hard work to tackle the problem"

Daily Mirror

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Number of people crossing Channel in small boats this year passes 20,000

At the same point in 2021 there had been just 11,300, as campaigners say forcible removal is not acting as deterrent

The Guardian - UK

Number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats this year exceeds 20,000

Ministry of Defence says 14 small boats detected in the 24-hour period between 12 and 13 August

The Independent UK

Woman Becomes The First Person With Complete Spinal Cord Injury To Swim The English Channel

A woman becomes the first person with complete spinal cord injury to swim the English Channel – without a wetsuit.

Zenger

Channel migrants total passes 13,000 since Rwanda plan announced

It brings the total number of people who have crossed the English Channel so far this year to 18,284 with more arrivals reported on Monday

Wales Online

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13,000 migrants have crossed Channel since Rwanda plan announced, figures show

Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the deal in April.

The Independent UK

Number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel passes 18,000, data suggests

THE total number of people who have crossed the English Channel in search of asylum so far this year has passed 18,000, Ministry of Defence figures…

The National (Scotland)

More than 18,000 refugees have crossed Channel in small boats this year – MoD

Figure passed as charities criticise Mail on Sunday’s claims about ‘economic migrants’ from Albania

The Guardian - UK

Total number of people crossing English Channel in small boats passes 18,000

The new milestone was reached just days after the busiest day for Channel crossings in 2022 so far.

The Independent UK

Channel smugglers drop prices and cram more people on to boats

Increased number of people arriving in UK in more overcrowded vessels shows Rwanda plan not working, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Migrant crossings resume as report warns asylum seekers at risk of exploitation

Small boats crossings resumed in the English Channel on Thursday after none were reported on Tuesday or Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Scottish salmon industry urges ministers to act over Dover delays

Action urged over Brexit-related delays of up to 48 hours caused by queues on the UK side of Channel

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Priti Patel's Rwanda deportation plan branded 'deluded' as record numbers cross Channel

Under-fire Home Secretary Priti Patel vowed to curb numbers of asylum seekers arriving in small boats but her plan to ship migrants to Rwanda has been caught up in legal wrangles

Radio France Internationale

Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel in one day, a record for the year

Monday saw 696 migrants and asylum seekers cross the Channel from France to the United Kingdom, on board 14 small boats. The defence ministry described the influx as the highest daily tally for 2022 and only the second time this year that daily crossings have topped 600.

The Guardian - UK

UK Rwanda asylum plan under fire as rising numbers cross Channel

MoD says 696 people made journey in small boats on Monday, as concerns grow over government response

Evening Standard

Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel on Monday in record high for 2022

More than 17,000 people have arrived in the UK this year

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The Independent UK

Nearly 700 migrants cross Channel in single day in record high for 2022

More than 17,000 people have arrived in the UK this year.

The Independent UK

Channel migrant crossings hit highest daily total this year as 696 make treacherous journey

Crossings come more than three months after UK government announced Rwanda deporations in bid to deter journeys

Wales Online

Channel migrant total tops 3,600 for July amid reports of new deal with France

Home secretary Priti Patel is intending to pay the French government tens of millions of pounds for more beach patrols and surveillance equipment.

The Guardian - UK

Travel operators demand action, not blame, over cross-Channel delays

Eurocamp executive says more passport capacity needed, after Port of Dover gets just one-thousandth of the Brexit funding it requested

The Independent UK

Baby and dozens of migrants drowned in Channel ‘while UK and French services left rescue to each other’

At least 27 people died in the tragedy, which was the worst migrant Channel drowning on record

Zenger

Vacationers Fear Delays In Crossing English Channel Due To French Staff Shortage

Following a weekend of huge delays, the port in southern England has returned to 'normal' but more delays are feared.

Evening Standard

Brexit not to blame for travel chaos, says No10

Downing Street insisted on Monday that Brexit wasn’t responsible for the chaos seen at the Channel crossings over the past few days.

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