5 Migrants Die Crossing the English Channel, Hours After U.K. Passes Controversial Deportation Bill
by Time
Time— The deaths, including a child, come hours after the government passed the controversial Rwanda deportation plan.
The Washington Times—Five migrants die while crossing the English Channel hours after U.K. approved a deportation bill. Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda.
WSTPost—Latest Rwanda Bill news: James Cleverly vows “these tragedies must stop” as five UK-bound migrants die crossing the English Channel just hours after deportation flights approved by Parliament. A devastated father watched his young daughter drown before his eyes, a refugee organization said today.Dany Patoux, from the Bolougne-based organization Osmose 62, said many witnessed the deaths of five people trying to cross the English Channel this morning. The French coast guard confirmed that three men, a woman and a child, believed to be a four-year-old girl, had died.We knew the little girl well. We have photos with her with a big smile on her face, hoping for a better life.But now...
South China Morning Post—1 child among 5 killed in English Channel, hours after UK passes deportation bill. The tragedy came only hours after UK PM Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants on a one-way ticket to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament.