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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 · Jun 7, 2024

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

Children are reportedly among those who have been rescued

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024

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 · Jun 6, 2024

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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 · Jun 5, 2024

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 · Jun 5, 2024

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 · Jun 3, 2024

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

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2024

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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

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024

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

Evening Standard · May 24, 2024

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

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Migrants crossing Channel so far in 2024 nears 10k

Two more small boats have been seen arriving on Sunday.

Evening Standard · May 19, 2024

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.

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 · May 13, 2024

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 · May 12, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

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 · May 6, 2024

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 · May 6, 2024

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 · May 5, 2024

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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Increase In Migrant Dinghies Crossing Channel To England

Increase in migrant dinghies crossing English Channel raises concerns about border control and humanitarian response.

Radio France Internationale · May 2, 2024

French police rescue more migrants trying to cross Channel to UK

French authorities said they rescued 66 people from a boat trying to cross the Channel to the United Kingdom, which has recorded a record number of crossings from northern France since the start of the year.

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024

Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq

Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghy

Evening Standard · May 1, 2024

Father of seven-year old girl who died in crush during Channel small boats crossing tells of grief

Ahmed Alhashimi’s daughter Sara was killed as a large group attempted to crowd onto small boat on April 23

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024

Children left to drown in the Channel – is this where Britain’s drift to the right is taking us?

Criticism of the comments made by Ben Habib of Reform UK died down very quickly. And that’s terrifying, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024

For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak

Supporters of the Rwanda deportation scheme fail to understand the lessons of Australia

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

What is the real story behind Vietnamese Channel boat crossings?

Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak

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