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Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues

Charity vows to keep helping asylum seekers in Channel despite abuse from rightwing activists and protest at HQ

The Guardian - UK

Fourteen men go on trial in Paris over deadliest small-boat Channel crossing

Sinking of inflatable dinghy in 2021 resulted in 31 people dead or missing, including a seven-year-old child

The Guardian - UK

Trial into deadliest migrant Channel crossing begins in France

As the defendants face trial, survivors' testimony and a parallel probe into French naval response raise urgent questions about how the waters are policed.

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What anglers have taught me about saving England’s sharks

I spent six days on a small fishing boat in the middle of the English Channel in July trying to catch a thresher shark. The weather was fickle, even at the height of summer.

The Conversation

France tries 14 over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster

Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded in the Channel.

Radio France Internationale

Anti-migrant protests are 'wake-up call' for UK government, says police commissioner

A weekend of protests in Portsmouth and Dover has exposed deepening tensions over Britain's Channel crossings, even as the government insists arrival numbers are falling.

Euronews

Richard Branson’s next stop: Paris and beyond as he takes on Eurostar

The billionaire businessman faces a David-and-Goliath battle to challenge Eurostar’s 30-year monopoly and bring some Virgin magic to the cross-Channel route

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Around 140 Rescued From Normandy Dinghy After Burnham and Macron Announce Mega-Boat Crackdown

Around 140 migrants were rescued from an overcrowded dinghy in the English Channel, highlighting the growing risks and changing tactics of smugglers using larger vessels for longer journeys.

International Business Times UK

Hundreds descend on Portsmouth after 140 migrants rescued in English Channel

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The Independent UK

Farage says Reform is ready to tackle small boats, after conference donation row

A report by Channel 4 News showed senior Reform figures discussing how to disguise donations from foreign sources.

Evening Standard

BBC Breakfast Draws Backlash After Reporting Bigger Migrant Boats Despite Crossings at Six-Year Low

BBC Breakfast faces backlash after reporting bigger migrant boats, despite Channel crossings being at a six-year low and a record 230 people crossing in one vessel.

International Business Times UK

‘I would rather die than return to France’: the brutal reality of the UK’s one in, one out scheme

Aso and Baran fled Iran, crossed the Channel together and were both returned to France. After risking their lives to reach Britain again, the friends found themselves facing very different fates

The Guardian - UK

Macron, Burnham hold talks on migrants, EU after viewing Bayeux Tapestry in London

French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first talks on Thursday after meeting a day earlier at the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum. Topping the agenda were several issues, including migrant boats crossing the Channel, British-EU relations and the Ukraine war.

France 24

UK and France deploy new team to stop ‘mega dinghies’ crossing Channel

The UK has agreed a £662m deal with France to pay for French police to stop small boat launches

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France-UK deal linked to seven-year low in Channel migrant crossings

France and the UK saw the number of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel fall to its lowest summer level since 2019, with London crediting a new enforcement deal between the two countries.

Evening Standard

Channel crossings crackdown bearing fruit, Mahmood claims amid summer lull

The summer months are usually a popular time for making the Channel crossing, as weather is usually calmer than the rest of the year.

The Independent UK

English Channel small-boat arrival numbers reach six-year low

Smuggling gangs are now packing larger numbers of migrants onto fewer, bigger craft

The Guardian - UK

British family pleads with French authorities to release body of relative who died in Channel

Jasmeet Wadhwa, who fled Taliban persecution in Afghanistan, lost his life while trying to reach UK in April

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Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels in UK waters

Three vessels and a helicopter deployed to monitor four ships travelling through the North Sea to the Channel

The Independent UK

Hundreds of migrants cross Channel after hiatus

Dinghies were arriving in British waters late into the night.

The Conversation

Virgin to run trains through the Channel Tunnel – passengers will have a choice

Britain’s rail regulator has given Virgin Trains approval to access HS1, the high-speed railway between St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel. This is another step towards Virgin running trains to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030.

The Guardian - UK

Adam Riches: The Captain review – the extraordinary glory of a ‘half man, half fish’ Victorian hero

An endurance test for a standup already starring in a fringe hit, this show resurrects the man who drilled the first ever cross-Channel swimmer

The Independent UK

Police violence surges by 40% at UK-France border, charities warn

Charities say that women and children have experienced tear gas and broken bones as police violence rises to clamp down on Channel crossings

The Guardian - UK

French police accused of rising use of violence to stop Channel crossings

NGO criticises ‘human cost’ of UK-funded crackdown on attempts to set off from French beaches in small boats

The Guardian - UK

Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide … the cautionary tale of the first cross-Channel swimmer

In this content-driven age, we consume sport as fleeting entertainment – but the fate of Captain Matthew Webb suggests we always have

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