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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.

International Business Times

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

International Business Times

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Seven-year-old girl dies in France in migrant crossing attempt

Unnamed girl was on ‘flimsy’ boat that capsized in northern France on Sunday morning

Evening Standard

RNLI-Border Force row reveals ‘chaos’ in maritime rescue before Channel tragedy

Questions about UK Coastguard’s reliance on charity after lifeboat volunteers asked to cover for Border Force to aid stricken vessel

The Guardian - UK

‘No stunt doubles for me,’ says actor who braved Channel to recreate epic swim

Kirsten Callaghan tells how she had to deal with rain, rough seas and mackerel for a film about Mercedes Gleitze’s pioneering 1927 feat

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‘They can’t grieve’: families in limbo as Channel boat victims left unidentified

French authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved ones

Evening Standard

Three people feared dead after small boats 'incident' in English Channel

One person has died and two people are missing after a small boat incident in the English Channel, the French coastguard has confirmed

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds jailed for coming to UK in small boats to claim asylum, says report

Study says prosecutions include children and victims of trafficking and torture

The Guardian - UK

Man who steered small Channel boat sentenced to detention after four died

Ibrahima Bah, who was also being smuggled to UK, convicted of gross negligence manslaughter and facilitating illegal entry

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Evening Standard

Channel boat pilot found guilty of manslaughter as UN rights chief slams UK's Rwanda plan

Four men drowned in December 2022 when their unseaworthy dinghy sank soon after leaving France

The Guardian - UK

Man who steered boat across Channel found guilty over drownings

Ibrahima Bah, who told jury he had been forced by people smugglers to pilot boat, convicted of manslaughter

Evening Standard

Migrant Channel crossings in January jump 13 per cent compared with 2023

A total of 1,335 people made the perilous crossing last month compared with 1,180 in January 2023

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on customs borders: Northern Ireland deal highlights broken Brexit promises

Editorial: Whether in the Irish Sea or the Channel, the legacy of separation from the single market is pointless friction and economic pain

The Guardian - UK

UK and France’s small boats pact and doubling in drownings ‘directly linked’

Report says greater police presence on French beaches and more attempts to stop dinghies increases risks to refugees

The Guardian - UK

Hinkley Point C woes threaten to break UK and France’s nuclear fusion

Cross-Channel dream is turning sour as EDF’s costs mount and Britain faces a long wait for the power to come on

The Guardian - UK

Eurostar passenger numbers back to pre-Covid levels

Cross-Channel train service expects a busy 2024 and will run a limited London to Amsterdam service

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