Two people have died and two more have been injured trying to cross the Channel in a small boat, French authorities have said, while 12 anti-migrant protesters on England’s south coast were arrested after what police described as “violent disorder” as they opposed the rescue of nearly 150 more people on a second vessel.
Even though the number of small boat crossings has fallen in recent months, the incidents come amid growing unrest in some quarters partly fuelled by far-right agitators.
