Over 100 migrants rescued by French coastguard after attempted English Channel crossing IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 28
Migrant airlifted and 100 others rescued after Channel ‘taxi boat’ incident It comes after a new small boats deal was agreed with France. Evening Standard · Apr 27
Police aim to remove hundreds of migrants from French beaches under £662m deal Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood signed a three-year £662 million agreement with France in Dunkirk on Thursday. Evening Standard · Apr 23
UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with French The Guardian - UK · Apr 23
Charities warn new UK-France migrant deal will make Channel crossings deadlier for asylum seekers IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 23
UK funding France’s ‘violent tactics’ that will push more migrants into dangerous Channel crossings, charities warn UK-France deal could lead to further deaths in the Channel, ministers warned The Independent UK · Apr 23
Britain and France will sign a 3-year deal to curb small-boat Channel crossings Britain and France have agreed to a new multimillion-euro deal to reduce migrant crossings in the English Channel The Independent UK · Apr 23
France and UK renew landmark pact to curb English Channel crossings The aim of the agreement is to prevent illegal crossings of the English Channel. The two countries' interior ministers are due to meet near the northwestern French city of Dunkirk on Thursday. Euronews · Apr 23
UK signs £650m deal with France to stop illegal migrants crossing English Channel in small boats The United Kingdom has struck a fresh multi-million-pound agreement with France aimed at curbing the rising number of illegal migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats. The Times of India · Apr 23
Just six inflatable 'small boats' slashed by French police to stop migrant crossings, admits minister as new deal announced More riot police will be deployed on French beaches to try to prevent tens of thousands of migrants heading to Britain this year Evening Standard · Apr 23
France and UK agree to new migrant deal, with funding tied to results France and the United Kingdom have agreed to a new deal to prevent undocumented migrants from crossing the Channel, with France committing to doubling law enforcement presence on the coast, and the UK contributing up to €766 million – some of which will be paid only if France delivers results. Radio France Internationale · Apr 23
UK to pay France extra cash to stop small boat crossings – but only if it works Some of UK funding for French police will be conditional on success in stopping Channel crossings The Independent UK · Apr 22
UK to pay France another £660m to curb Channel crossings Three-year deal includes funding for a riot squad to ‘disperse’ people trying to board small boats The Guardian - UK · Apr 22
Migrant, 32, becomes first to be convicted of new Channel crossing offence Tajik Mohammad pleaded guilty to endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK The Independent UK · Apr 21
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18 Can Europe avoid a summer of holiday flight and cross-Channel travel chaos? Passengers face risk of cancellations due to fuel shortages – and long airport queues due to EU entry-exit system
Evening Standard · Apr 11 Alleged small boat pilot in court over deaths of four migrants in Channel Sudanese national Alnour Mohamed Ali, 27, appeared before Folkestone Magistrates’ Court.
The Times of India · Apr 11 Sudanese national charged under new UK law after 4 migrants die during attempt to cross English Channel A 27-year-old Sudanese national has been charged after four migrants, two men and two women, died while attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat off the northern French coast.
Evening Standard · Apr 11 Alleged small boat pilot charged over deaths of four migrants in Channel Sudanese national Alnour Mohamed Ali was charged with endangering life.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10 Man arrested after four die trying to cross Channel in small boat Two men and two women were swept away by currents while attempting to board dinghy off French coast
The Independent UK · Apr 10 Man arrested after four migrants died in Channel crossing attempt IN FULL
Evening Standard · Apr 10 Sudanese man, 27, arrested in UK after four migrants die trying to cross Channel The National Crime Agency is helping French authorities with the investigation.
The Independent UK · Apr 10 Sudanese migrant arrested in UK after four people die trying to cross the Channel Two men and two women died off the coast of France on Thursday
The Times of India · Apr 9 Four dead after boat sinks off French coast during attempt to cross English Channel Devastation unfolded in the English Channel as a small boat carrying four migrants—a pair of men and women—capsized amid fierce currents near Boulogne, resulting in their tragic drowning. Thankfully, over 40 individuals were rescued, though one required treatment for hypothermia. This heartbreaking episode underscores the growing peril associated with desperate…
Evening Standard · Apr 9 Migrant deaths: Investigation launched after latest Channel crossings tragedy Two men and two women died and more than 40 people were rescued off the coast of northern France.
Radio France Internationale · Apr 9 Four migrants die off French coast in failed Channel crossing attempt Four people died off the northern coast of France on Thursday as migrants tried to board a small boat to cross the Channel to England, bringing the number of such deaths this year to six.