UK calls for joint patrols with France after 27 people drown in English Channel – BBC News
The UK government has called on France to allow British security staff to conduct joint patrols on French beaches. It follows the deaths of 27 people in the English Channel when their inflatable boat sunk as they tried to make…
31 people drown crossing English Channel as inflatable dingy capsizes – BBC News
31 people, including five women and a little girl, died on Wednesday after their rubber boat capsized while they attempted the sea crossing from France to Britain. It’s the worst disaster on record involving migrants in the English Channel. Two…
French navy accuses UK of “ingratitude” over migrant crossing patrols – BBC News
More than 17,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel I’m small boats in 2021, that’s double the number for all of 2020. The UK government has threatened to withhold millions of pounds in funding from the French authorities unless they…
Record number of migrants cross English Channel on a single day – BBC News
At least 430 migrants have crossed the English Channel to the UK, according to the government, a new record for a single day. Some 50 people were seen landing on the beach at Dungeness in Kent. The group included women…