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140 migrants in single dinghy rescued in English Channel
Last year local officials told the BBC there has been an increase in people trying to depart from Normandy. A…
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Channel smuggling gangs resort to ‘mega-dinghies’ as crackdown limits small boat supply
What they leave behind in Gravelines is a scene of dejection and exhaustion. A limp toddler is carried past me…
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Record 230 people cross English Channel in one small boat
Provisional Home Office figures for the number of people who have crossed the Channel to the UK this year so…
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More than 150 migrants rescued after boat catches fire in Channel
More than 150 migrants have been rescued after the boat they were using to cross the Channel caught fire on…
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Four dead in latest Channel migrant tragedies as crossings continue | Politics | News
Immigrants boarded the giant boat (Image: Getty) Three migrants died in chaotic scenes in the English Channel this morning as…
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French patrol boat heard firing shots during BBC interview in Channel, MP says
After the incident, Philp said: “It is extraordinary that the French navy fired live shells in defense of its waters…
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Teen denies record English Channel migrant dinghy crossing
A teenager who allegedly endangered the lives of more than 160 migrants by piloting a record-breaking boat crossing across the…
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Teenager charged over record Channel crossing on ‘mega dinghy’
A teenager charged over a small boat Channel crossing was allegedly piloting a “mega dinghy” carrying a record 165 migrants…
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Iran smuggling agents to UK as Channel migrants in exchange for ‘favours’ | UK | News
A smuggler said most migrants were fleeing poverty and would do whatever was asked of them (Image: Getty) Iran has…
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As many as 100 Channel migrants arrive today on vessels branded ‘Burnham’s boats’, piling pressure on new PM to set out immigration plans
These migrants, who boarded a boat off the coast of northern France, were thought to be among the dozens arriving…
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