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‘I’ve seen at first hand that stopping the boats is an impossible task – no matter how much money we throw at it’

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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Three killed on packed boat while crossing English Channel

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Nothing sensible ‘off the table’ to tackle Channel crossings – Attorney General

Lord Hermer said that in dealing with small boats ‘nothing sensible or practical or effective will be off the table’.

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Four dead, including two children, attempting to cross Channel to UK in last 24 hours

Number of attempts to cross Channel has been particularly high for several days, say French authorities

The Guardian - UK

Three migrants die and three missing in Channel crossings

Two children are believed to be among those confirmed dead, according to reports.

The Independent UK

Two children among three migrants dead in Channel crossing off French coast

Another three people are believed to be missing after the incident off the coast of Pas-de-Calais

Evening Standard

3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel from France

Local authorities in France have reported that three migrants died while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France

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Signs near French beaches to warn against trying to reach UK

Exclusive: Refugee organisations dismiss Home Office-endorsed publicity campaign as a ‘gimmick’

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Woman dies after small boat rescue operation in Channel

‘We are shocked and saddened by this tragic incident,’ a government spokesperson said

Evening Standard

Woman dies after small boat incident in English channel, police say

A force spokeswoman said the woman was airlifted back to shore where she was pronounced dead

The Independent UK

Woman dies after small boat Channel crossing, police say

A force spokeswoman said the woman was airlifted back to shore where she was pronounced dead.

Evening Standard

Investigation after migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover on Saturday, it was reported.

The Independent UK

Investigation launched as migrant boat ‘reaches Kent coast’ without being intercepted

Five people were detained in a village north of Dover, it was reported

Evening Standard

UK politics live: Thornberry and Haigh make Labour deputy leader pitches as race heats up

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

Evening Standard

English Channel crossings pass 30,000 arrivals in record time

It is the latest milestone to be reached after record numbers of people made the dangerous journey so far this year.

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

Evening Standard

Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary amid pressure to tackle migration

Her appointment comes amid discontent over asylum hotels and record numbers of Channel crossings.

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Shabana Mahmood appointed Home Secretary after cabinet reshuffle

Mahmood replaces Yvette Cooper in the role amid pressure over migration and asylum hotels

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‘I won’t stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea’: Cooper attacks Farage and Badenoch’s migrant crackdown calls

The home secretary insisted the government will ‘get on with the hard graft, roll up our sleeves and do it step by step’

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Yvette Cooper fails to guarantee that boat crossings will fall by next year

The home secretary also failed to confirm that migrants will be sent back to France this month as part of the returns agreement, saying she refused to make ‘grand promises’

The Independent UK

International students and families to get Government warnings to leave UK after visas expire

On Monday, MPs returned after a summer which saw unrest over how ministers have handled the small boats crisis

Evening Standard

Visa warning: International students will be told to leave UK when right to remain expires

Warning campaign comes after Home Secretary revealed the first returns of migrants crossing the Channel will begin later this month

Evening Standard

First migrant returns under UK-France deal ‘to begin this month’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also told MPs new applications to the existing refugee family reunion route will be suspended this week.

The Guardian - UK

I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction

I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the water, says writer Gareth Roberts

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