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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Barney Davis

Dinghy crossings stop for two weeks after English Channel disaster claims four lives

Migrants carry a smuggling boat on their shoulders as they prepare to embark on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France on October 12, 2022

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

Migrant small boat crossings have dropped off with none in two weeks following last month’s dinghy tragedy that claimed the lives of four people.

Government figures appear to show that no migrants attempted to cross the English Channel for 14 days -the longest stretch without any arrivals for nine months.

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