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Hundreds of UK-bound migrants rescued from sea in just four days

It suggests the UK's ambition of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is not deterring migrants from trying to cross the English Channel.

World News

Police arrest 39 people on suspicion of smuggling migrants to UK

The suspects are accused of trafficking up to 10,000 people across the English Channel in small boats in the last year.

France

French authorities arrest 15 over migrant deaths near Calais

The boat wreck in November 2021 was the deadliest since migrants began trying to cross the Channel.

United Kingdom

Despite UK crackdown plans, hundreds cross Channel in small boats

The Ministry of Defense said 254 people arrived on the English coast in seven boats from northern France on Sunday, and more people were brought ashore by British lifeboats on Monday.

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United Kingdom

Archbishop slams UK-Rwanda asylum plan as 'against the nature of God'

The head of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said in his Easter sermon that the UK's plan to send some asylum seekers to Africa poses "serious ethical questions".

Travel News

Easter travel warning issued for UK train and ferry-goers

Looking forward to an Easter getaway? From the UK and back, it will be a chaotic trip

World News

Emiliano Sala died from trauma injuries in 2019 plane crash, says jury

A jury concluded that Sala was “deeply unconscious” after being poisoned by exhaust fumes before he was killed.

United Kingdom

UK confirms plan to use military to limit Channel migrant crossings

The UK confirmed its plan to use the military to limit small boat crossings from France, one of several measures seen as an effort to shore up support for the prime minister amid a series of scandals.

France

Migrant dies and 30 rescued by French authorities in English Channel

It is the first migrant death reported in the Channel in 2022.

France

Number of migrants rescued off Calais coast 'trebled last year'

The flow of migrants to England has caused tension between London and Paris.

United Kingdom

English Channel migrant crossings treble to a record 28,000

At least 28,395 migrants reached the English coast in small boats in 2021, compared to 8,400 the previous year.

World News

NGO sues French and British authorities over Channel migrant tragedy

French and British rescue services are accused of ignoring calls for help, failing to prevent the biggest loss of life during attempted illegal crossings of the Channel.

France

Monitoring crossings will make migrants take more risks, says activist

"People who want to go to England will continue to take all risks to go. And adding a plane and two helicopters will not change things. It will only push people to take even more risks."

France

Frontex plane arrives in northern France to combat people smuggling

The EU border agency aircraft was deployed a week after 27 migrants died when their dinghy deflated in the Channel.

World News

UK panel asks government to scrap plan to turn back migrant boats

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proposed legislation that would give authorities patrolling the Channel the power to turn away boats carrying migrants.

France

Post-Brexit fishing: Guernsey grants over 40 licences for French boats

Paris has welcomed the Channel island's move but says over 100 claims for French boats to operate off Jersey and the UK are still unresolved.

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Migrants determined to reach UK despite tragedy

At makeshift camps between Dunkirk and Calais on France's northern coast migrants are digging in, waiting for their chance to make a dash across the English Channel, despite the deaths of at least 27 people.

France

EU plane to be deployed over Channel after migrant deaths

A plane operated by EU border agency Frontex will be deployed over the Channel to better identify smuggling networks, said the French interior minister at a meeting with European migration officials.

France

'No optimism' over France-UK cooperation on migrants, says Amnesty

Amnesty International UK made the comments as tensions between London and Paris rise following the deaths of 27 migrants off the coast of Calais.

France

French anger after UK PM calls on Paris to 'take back' migrants

France cancelled a meeting with the UK interior minister after Boris Johnson published a letter calling on Paris to "take back" migrants crossing the Channel.