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British Parliament Passes Legislation For Rwanda Migrant Plan

British Parliament approves sending migrants to Rwanda to deter Channel crossings, facing legal challenges.

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‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown

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Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

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Five Dead, Including Child, In Tragic Channel Crossing Attempt

Despite facing perilous conditions, 57 individuals pressed on with their journey to Britain after the boat's motor was restarted, stated Calais prefect Jacques Billant.

International Business Times

Channel boat tragedy hours after Rwanda go-ahead: The Standard podcast

Rishi Sunak’s flagship deportation scheme in stark focus

Evening Standard

UK Rwanda Law Sparks Fear Among Migrants Hoping To Cross Channel

Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England.

International Business Times

Five migrants including a child die in attempted Channel crossing from France

At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain on their overcrowded small boat, local authorities said on Tuesday.

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Five people die in attempt to cross Channel in small boat from France

Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 people

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At least five migrants die attempting to cross Channel for UK

At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight during an attempt to cross the Channel from France to Britain, a French police source said on Tuesday.

France 24

Tragedy Strikes As Migrants Die Crossing English Channel

Tragedy strikes as 5 die crossing English Channel, 100 migrants rescued. UK deportation bill criticized for harshness.

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France Migrant Graves Recount Tragic Channel Crossings

After 20-year-old Sudanese migrant Yasser died trying to climb onto a truck crossing the Channel to Britain, he was laid to rest far from his home country in a cemetery in northern France.

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From Bulgaria To The English Channel: Tracing Trafficked Migrant Boats

The Kapitan Andreevo border post, one of the busiest in Europe, is more than 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the nearest sea, but Bulgarian customs officer Georgi Gospodinov is on the lookout for dinghies.

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Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a controversial idea in the UK?

Urbanist Carlos Moreno on how his concept is transforming French life and what is hindering change across the Channel

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UK says Channel crossings on small boats hit a record this winter

Channel arrivals on small boats to the UK hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, British officials said Monday.

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UK Says Channel Crossings On Small Boats Hit A Record This Winter

Channel arrivals on small boats to the UK hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, the interior ministry said Monday.

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Record 5,000 cross Channel to UK in first three months of 2024

Number of arrivals via small boats was 4,993 as of Saturday, exceeding previous record for equivalent period of 4,548

Evening Standard

Man jailed for smuggling 52 migrants across Channel in ‘overcrowded’ dinghy

A man who piloted a small boat carrying more than 50 migrants to Britain from France has been jailed.

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Cross-channel ferry crews must be paid at least £9.95 an hour under French law

New minimum wage law to be brought in two years after P&O Ferries replaced hundreds of workers with low-cost crew

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Migrant Relatives Sue French State Over 2021 Channel Tragedy

The family of an Ethiopian man who was among 27 migrants who drowned in 2021 when their boat capsized in the Channel filed a complaint Friday suing the French state in the first such case over the disaster, two groups said.

The Guardian - UK

Ibrahima Bah was sentenced to nine years for steering a ‘death trap’ dinghy across the Channel. Was he really to blame?

The young asylum seeker was forced into piloting the boat on which at least four people drowned. Under new ‘stop the boats’ laws, he’s responsible for their deaths – but others say he’s a victim

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The Lords have pulled apart the cruel and Orwellian Rwanda bill – yet still, the Tories press on

Behind the parliamentary ping-pong are tens of thousands of refugees, left in perilous limbo by a broken system, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK

‘No foot-dragging’, warns chair of inquiry into 27 Channel deaths

Inquiry set up after report found rescue attempts beset by confusion and poor communication between UK and France

Evening Standard

More than 300 migrants crossed Channel on day girl, 7, drowns

The child had been travelling with her pregnant mother in a boat carrying 16 people when it capsized

The Guardian - UK

Fears UK coastguards left children adrift on small boats before Channel tragedy

Children heard crying on 999 calls from boats in days before mass drowning, records suggest, yet logs contain no record of rescue attempts

The Guardian - UK

Vindication Swim review – pioneering endurance-swim tale in shadow of Nyad

Uncertain line readings and torpid direction hamper the story of the first British woman to swim the Channel

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