The group of young men came out of the dunes and stormed a vessel full of asylum seekers paying up to £1000-a-head to reach Britain.
Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023.
A criminal enquiry was underway in France last night following the five deaths - including a four-year-old girl - in the English Channel.
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A child is among at least five people who have died while trying to cross
Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 peopleFive people, including a child, have died in an attempt to cross the Channel in a small boat near the town of Wimereux, south of Calais, French authorities say.More than 110 people were said to have been on board the vessel when it left at 5am near the Plage des Allemands. Continue reading
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The five people are reported to have died in a crush on the overcrowded boat.
Exclusive: Former head of policy at illegal migration taskforce details ‘inhumane conversations’A senior civil servant has said Cabinet Office officials making policy on small boats referred to “bloody migrants” and were expected to “leave their humanity at the door”.Rowaa Ahmar withdrew a tribunal claim alleging “unrelenting and systemic” racism in the department on Wednesday but said she stands by the substance of it. Continue reading
Five more people died in the English Channel on Tuesday, underscoring the risks of crossing one of the world’s busiest sea lanes in overloaded inflatable boats just hours after British lawmakers approved a controversial migrant bill to stop the traffic.
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.
The deaths, including a child, come hours after the government passed the controversial Rwanda deportation plan.