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UK court rules against government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration's pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the English Channel.

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UK appeals court rules that plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful

A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter migrants from making risky journeys across the English Channel is unlawful

The Independent UK

Firefighter's chilling final post before vanishing during English Channel charity swim

Iain Hughes spent two years training for a 21 mile swim across the English Channel but tragically never reached his destination with French authorities calling off the search

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Firefighter missing in English Channel during charity swim

The search for a “highly respected and much-loved” firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for charity has been called off.

Evening Standard

Graeme Souness breaks down in tears as he reveals huge donation from Sir Alex Ferguson

Liverpool and Rangers hero Graeme Souness has raised more than £1.2million - and counting - for charity after swimming the English channel in 12 hours and 17 minutes

Daily Mirror

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

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…

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Sunak announces two new asylum barges and says plan to ‘stop the boats’ working

The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing of the English Channel have declined by around a fifth this year.

The Independent UK

Man dies after falling from boat in English Channel during historic race

A man has died after falling from a yacht into the English Channel.

Evening Standard

British man dies after falling from yacht off in English Channel on French coast

The HM Coastguard was called out to the north of Fecamp in Normandy in the English Channel yesterday at 3pm following mayday calls that someone went overboard

Daily Mirror

Greater Manchester man dies during yacht race in the English Channel

The sailor drowned after falling overboard during a competitive race

Manchester Evening News

Man dies falling from yacht in English Channel ‘during historic race’

Sussex Yacht Club has paid tribute after one of its sailors passed away, with an investigation launched into the tragedy

The Independent UK

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.

Radio France Internationale

France charges military personnel over migrant deaths in 2021 English Channel tragedy

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.

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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 Mirror

Graeme Souness tears up on live TV as he explains next move after sudden Sky Sports exit

The Liverpool legend has called time on his television career to swim the English channel at 70 years of age and struggled to hold back the tears as he explained why

Daily Mirror

'The barge to house migrants represents failure. The entire policy is sinking'

It symbolises the complete failure of the UK Conservative Government to halt small boat crossings across the English Channel despite Rishi Sunak insisting it's a priority

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Dispute over Emiliano Sala’s transfer to Cardiff to be resolved in French courts

The 28-year-old Argentinian died in a plane crash in the English Channel in January 2019.

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Evening Standard

Aurora Borealis: Northern lights visible across the UK during geomagnetic storm

The aurora is said to have been visible as far south as the English Channel due to the severity of the solar storm

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

Wales Online

Asylum-seekers crossing the English Channel so far this year now number more than 4,500

More than 500 people risked the voyage in two day this week

The Independent UK

Rebellion on Illegal Migration Bill seen off for now after talks with Tory MPs

The controversial legislation designed to put a stop to migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats returns to the House of Commons later.

The Independent UK

Eager young Albanians risk everything for new future in UK

Thousands of young Albanians have crossed the English Channel in recent years to seek a new life in the U.K. Their dangerous journey in small boats or inflatable dinghies reflects Albania's anemic economy and a younger generation’s longing for fresh opportunities

Manchester Evening News

Family of man, 28, found dead in canal handed police names of those who 'could have harmed him'

Haydar Alzokra had been 'intercepted in the English Channel'

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Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron to ramp up border security in multi-million-pound deal

Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron celebrate a "new chapter" in UK-France relations as they sign an agreement that will see French border security heightened to prevent asylum seekers crossing the English Channel

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