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English Channel migrant arrivals pass key milestone as 1k cross in three days

The provisional number of migrant arrivals by sea has now passed 25,000 this year, compared with 45,700 for the whole of 2022

The Independent UK

Small boat arrivals in 2023 pass 25,000 after 472 arrived on Monday

An average of around 52 people per boat crossed the Channel on Monday.

Evening Standard

Small boat arrivals in 2023 pass 25,000, figures confirm

An average of around 52 people per boat crossed the Channel on Monday.

The Independent UK

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Eurostar orders deep clean to stop bedbugs from Paris crossing Channel to London

Eurostar ramping up ‘preventative treatments’ to keep the critters on the other side of the Channel

The Independent UK

Boats seen crossing Channel as arrivals ‘pass 25,000’ people so far this year

Several boats were seen travelling to shores in Kent on Monday.

The Independent UK

Charity challenges home secretary’s claims about ‘economic migrants’

Refugee Council study suggests asylum claims by three out of four crossing Channel would be granted

The Guardian - UK

Three-quarters of small boat arrivals would be granted asylum, study suggests

The Refugee Council says the Government’s own figures counter the narrative that most people crossing the Channel do not require protection.

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The only way to stop small boat crossings

Letter: Desperate migrants are crossing the Channel by boat because they have no other choice, writes former Home Office caseworker Nigel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Nine boats carrying 537 people intercepted crossing English Channel

It brings the total for the year to 24,830.

The Independent UK

More than 200 migrants cross English Channel amid fallout from Suella Braverman speech

Her remarks on immigration drew a backlash from charities and a rebuke from the UN refugee agency

Evening Standard

Teen took migrants across English Channel ‘after watching TikTok instruction video’

Abdul Basset Ahmed, 18, took charge of a small inflatable boat crammed with 58 other passengers

The Independent UK

Braverman: No migrants crossing the Channel are in imminent peril

The Home Secretary will say in a speech in the US that asylum seekers ‘picking their preferred destination’ is ‘absurd and unsustainable’.

The Independent UK

Chile’s band of brothers channel school rivalries at Rugby World Cup

With four sets of siblings and most in the squad being from one of two schools, bonds run deep against England on Saturday

The Guardian - UK

‘Existential challenge’: King Charles calls for France-UK climate entente

Monarch says two countries have duty to protect democracy and ensure Ukraine’s triumph, in address to French senate

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Rapport to the fore as King Charles and Macron rebuild cross-Channel trust

State visit by British monarch to Versailles and Bordeaux offers chance to further reset UK-French relations

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer: I’ll build stronger ties between Britain and France if I become PM

He described talks with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris as ‘very constructive and positive’

Evening Standard

Scorn as Truss rejects blame a year on from disastrous mini-budget

Former PM succeeded only in delivering ‘Argentina on the Channel’, says former Bank of England chief

The Independent UK

Ex-Bank of England boss in scathing attack on Truss as he claims she turned UK into ‘Argentina on the Channel’

Mark Carney says ex-PM was in the ‘demolition business’ – as Truss tries to defend her economic policies on anniversary of mini-Budget disaster

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Teenagers eyeing glory as they take on English Channel crossing relay

Six 13 to 15-year-olds from Watford Swimming Club are to take on the 21-mile crossing.

Evening Standard

‘Complete garbage’ - Starmer rubbishes claims Labour will join EU migrant quota scheme

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “complete garbage” to suggest Labour planned to join an EU-wide migrant quota scheme as part of efforts to tackle small boats crossings in the Channel.

The Independent UK

Returns deal would focus on safe routes for children with family in UK – Labour

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the party has always insisted routes to Britain must be “capped” as she sought to defend its pledges.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer criticised by left and right after setting out plan to stop Channel crossings

Labour leader accused of pandering to anti-migrant sentiments by those on the left while Tories seize on proposal for deal with EU

The Guardian - UK

‘Slogans won’t solve this’: refugee charity staff on Labour’s new immigration policy

Keir Starmer ‘chose to mirror the gimmicks and divisive rhetoric employed by Tories’, Care4Calais says

The Guardian - UK

Asylum policies open up pre-election divisions between Labour and Tories

PM rules out ‘burden sharing’ deal with EU as Keir Starmer says he is seeking closer cooperation with bloc

The Independent UK

France and UK could do more to tackle Channel crossings – Downing Street

More than 23,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after making the journey.

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