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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lizzie Dearden

Braverman refuses safe alternatives to Channel crossings despite more drownings

EPA

Suella Braverman is refusing to set up new safe and legal routes for asylum seekers despite another English Channel tragedy in which at least four drowned.

Search efforts were ongoing for more victims overnight, after survivors – including women and children – were pulled from the icy waters by a fishing vessel.

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