Small boat crossings haven't fallen - but real immigration story is elsewhere Labour plan 'not likely to stop small boats' Nearly 500 migrants cross Channel in small boats on one day Rubber boat 'slashed by French police' A man from South Sudan, who called himself Marco...
Mr Billant said that the other 14 migrants, including a 17-year-old who suffered burns to his legs, were taken to the port of Boulogne to receive care before being questioned by police. 'This could be deadliest year for boat crossings' The rest of the occupants were allowed to continu...
Those arrivals brought the total number of people who have crossed to the UK aboard small boats this year to more than 12,500, according to data compiled by the PA news agency. Crossings resumed after the weather improved (Gareth Fuller/PA) Crossings in 2021 have already eclipsed last year’...
“This tragic incident once again demonstrates the threat to life posed by these crossings and brings into focus why it is so important to target the criminal gangs involved in organising them,” Mr Turner said. “We will do all we can with partners in the UK and France to secure evidence...
Meanwhile, Darmanin arrived in Calais later in the evening, where he met with Mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart in the hospital where the rescued migrants are being treated. He reaffirmed the criminal nature of the smugglers ...
The spike in illegal crossings prompted British Home Secretary Priti Patel to take to Twitter and issue a call for France to stop the boats “leaving France in the first place” and intercept them before they reach the UK. “The number of illegal small boat crossings is appalling and unaccept...
Crossings of the perilous Dover Strait in small boats resumed on Sunday for the first time in more than two weeks, following a spate of poor conditions in the Channel. People thought to be migrants are escorted ashore (Jonathan Brady/PA) A child’s cries were heard as they were helped ash...
Yet Braverman’s opponents, inside and outside parliament, have ignored all this. They concerned themselves yesterday not with the serious problem of illegal channel crossings, but with the language Braverman used to describe it. What bothered them most was not the fact that 40,000 people have ...
Here Sky News looks at who the people smugglers organising Channel crossings are and how they operate. Where do the migrants come from and why do they risk the Channel? More on Migrant Crisis Related Topics: Migrant Crisis So far this year an estimated 25...
Judges in Paris have been investigating whether distress calls were mishandled by responders on duty on the French coast and authorities in charge of rescue missions. The accident in November 2021 was the deadliest since a surge in clandestine crossings on small boats in recent years by people tr...