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Revenge of the moderates? UK's Labour set for landslide win in general election

While French voters ponder the temptation of the far right, across the Channel they are also campaigning. But there, it feels like the revenge of the moderates. Out with Little Britain Brexiteers, out with Jeremy Corbyn's hard left, in with a more genteel version of the Labour Party. Before 2016,…

France 24

A tale of two elections: how angry voters in France and UK turned on their leaders

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

The Guardian - UK

Banksy's Glastonbury migrant boat stunt branded 'vile' by Home Secretary James Cleverly

James Cleverly claimed the artist was ‘celebrating the loss of life in the Channel’ after a lifesize inflatable raft holding dummies of migrants was passed around the crowd

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Home secretary says Banksy’s Glastonbury migrant boat ‘celebrated loss of life’

Artwork holding dummies of migrants interpreted by some as commentary on continuing loss of life in Channel

The Guardian - UK

Cleverly accuses Glastonbury festival-goers of ‘celebrating loss of life’ after Banksy small boats stunt

The home secretary attacked the artist and revellers at the festival for ‘joking about and celebrating’ small boat migration

The Independent UK

Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in single day this year

More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel into Britain on Tuesday, setting a new record for 2024.

Radio France Internationale

Labour’s immigration plans: a border security expert explains why ‘smashing the gangs’ is so difficult

As prime minister, Rishi Sunak has been unable to “stop the boats”, his pledge on addressing irregular migration. Now, Keir Starmer is pitching an equally memorable slogan: “smash the gangs”.

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Threefold increase in lone child asylum seekers in UK, figures show

Number of unaccompanied children crossing Channel rises from 242 in 2021 to 772 this year, data reveals

The Guardian - UK

Channel migrant crisis: 80 migrants rescued from two boats after both into difficulty

Children are reportedly among those who have been rescued

Evening Standard

80 migrants rescued in English Channel after boat capsizes

The coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation after the boat overturned

The Independent UK

UK D-Day Vets Sail For Normandy For Landings Anniversary

Eight decades after Allied forces landed on the beaches of German-occupied France, a group of British veterans made the journey again -- crossing the English Channel to mark the anniversary of D-Day.

International Business Times

Home Office confirms more than 40,000 crossed Channel after Sunak pledged to ‘stop the boats’

Rishi Sunak has suffered a new setback this morning with new Home Office figures on small boats Channel crossings with asylum seekers

The Independent UK

How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

On D-Day, The Associated Press had reporters, artists and photographers in the air, on the choppy waters of the English Channel, in London, and at English departure ports and airfields covering the Allied assault in Normandy

The Independent UK

Young Woman and the Sea review – Disney’s surface-level swimming biopic lacks depth

Daisy Ridley leads the reductive, if at times stirring, story of the first woman to swim across the English channel

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Record 10,170 people arrive in UK via small-boat Channel crossings this year

Provisional official figures deal blow to Rishi Sunak’s claim that threat of Rwanda deportation is a deterrent

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak Rwanda plan in disarray as 'more than 10,000 migrants cross Channel in small boats' this year

The Tories and Labour are making immigration a key issue for the general election

The Guardian - UK

UK and Finland discuss further efforts to stop Russia’s shadow oil fleet

Third parties could be required to do more to block tankers from operating in Baltic and the Channel

Evening Standard

Migrants crossing Channel so far in 2024 nears 10k

Two more small boats have been seen arriving on Sunday.

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Europe's Notorious Human Smuggler 'The Scorpion' Arrested In Iraq

European authorities arrest 'the Scorpion,' a notorious human smuggler in northern Iraq, highlighting risks faced by migrants crossing the English Channel.

The Guardian - UK

Child refugees using people smugglers to reach family in UK, report warns

Delays in government family reunion processes see stranded children crossing the Channel in small boats, charities’ report says

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work?

The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument

The Guardian - UK

Labour government would halt Rwanda deportations from day one, Starmer says

Opposition leader calls Tory scheme for processing asylum seekers a ‘gimmick’ and a ‘waste of money’

The Guardian - UK

As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledge its deep bond with France

The two countries have been at odds over the centuries. But could there be a better symbol of our link than this engineering coup, asks Jonn Elledge

Radio France Internationale

The Channel Tunnel, from pipe dream to European reality

This Monday marks 30 years since France and the United Kingdom officially opened the Channel Tunnel. It was the culmination of two centuries of dreaming about linking the two neighbours by land.

The Guardian - UK

Tory Rwanda plan is driven by desperation

Letter: The scheme ignores the reality that those desperate enough to cross the Channel are willing to accept risks, write Jamie and Debbie Hawker

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