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Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Albanians accounted for 45% of crossings in July-September 2022 but only 9% in October-December.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak hit by backlash at bid to end small boat crisis

Plan to stop boats won’t work, says Tory heavyweight

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak small boats plan ‘unworkable’ and won’t clear parliament, says Labour

Keir Starmer suggests move is political tactic ahead of May’s local elections

The Independent UK

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Legislation to stop Channel boats ‘unworkable’, Rishi Sunak warned

Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday to tackle small boats crossings in the Channel

Evening Standard

Upcoming small boats legislation ‘unworkable’, Sunak warned

Suella Braverman is set to publish long-promised legislation as soon as Tuesday to tackle small boats crossings in the Channel.

The Independent UK

Sunak isn’t halting migrant boats or chasing traffickers: he’s just chasing headlines again

The PM’s latest plan is to make asylum claims inadmissible for people who arrive on small boats. But the real aim is to talk tough to save himself, says Diane Taylor, writer on civil liberties and human rights

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak's 'half-baked' immigration plan 'will punish desperate refugees'

Critics have warned proposed legislation banning people who come here on small boats from making asylum claims will bring chaos while failing to end the dangerous Channel crossings

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Rishi Sunak vow to ‘stop small boats’ doomed to fail, claim senior Conservatives

Exclusive: PM is ‘over-promising’, top Tories tells The Independent ahead of controversial new legislation

The Independent UK

New powers to 'stop the boats' will mean arrivals can't claim asylum

The move could come as soon as Tuesday

Wales Online

Government prepares to unveil new powers to ‘stop the boats’

The legislation, promised as part of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, could come as soon as Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Three lifeboats launched after fire breaks out on ferry in Channel

Irish Ferries says all passengers and crew are accounted for after flames discovered in engine room

The Guardian - UK

Lifeboats deployed from UK and France after fire on board ferry in the Channel

HM Coastguard said it was alerted to a fire on board the Isle of Innisfree ferry, which is now being tugged to Calais.

The Independent UK

Lifeboats scrambled to ferry in English Channel with 183 people on board due to 'ongoing incident'

It's understood a fire broke out onboard the passenger ferry between Dover and Calais

Manchester Evening News

Fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people across the Channel

Rescuers scrambled lifeboats to the scene between Dover and Calais

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The Independent UK

Lifeboats scrambled after fire breaks out on ferry carrying 183 people in Channel

Coastguard alerted after blaze erupts

Daily Mirror

Ferry catches fire in English Channel with 183 people on board as lifeboats scramble

The ship, carrying 94 passengers and 89 crew, is now at anchor in the Channel after the fire was contained and extinguished following a 'technical fault' as it sailed between Dover and Calais

The Guardian - UK

Only 22 Afghans resettled in UK under ‘pathway’ to help vulnerable refugees

Charity says disparity with 8,633 Afghans who arrived in small boats last year shows lack of functioning route

Wales Online

Just 22 people resettled in UK from Afghanistan via government scheme while 8,633 crossed Channel in boats

The Refugee Council said the Government needed to 'urgently rethink its approach'

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France 24

TV series pick of the month: French special forces show 'Cœurs Noirs'

TV critic Dheepthika Laurent takes us through all the TV shows you should be watching this month, from a French series on a special forces operation in Iraq called "Cœurs Noirs", or "Dark Hearts", to a new adaptation of Spanish teen murder mystery "Elité". We also discover the French-British show…

The Conversation

The rise of renewables is not without risk for investors

Given the urgent need to combat climate change and put an end to the exploitation of fossil fuels, it would appear renewable energies have a bright future. Having grown steadily for several years, they accounted for 19.1% of gross final energy consumption in France in 2020. Across the Channel, 43%…

Nottingham Post

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson accuses Calais refugee charities of encouraging migrants to cross Channel

The Care4Calais charity has hit back at the Nottinghamshire MP's comments

The Guardian - UK

Refugee charity rejects Tory vice-chair’s claim they are ‘just as bad as people-smugglers’

Care4Calais says it offers refugees aid and dignity and does not want them to cross Channel by dangerous means

Evening Standard

Lee Anderson claims Calais refugee charities ‘just as bad as people smugglers’

Controversial MP accuses organisations of ‘fuelling’ migrants’ desire to cross Channel in small boats

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s promise to ‘stop the boats’ is destined to fail without asylum reform

A new humanitarian visa, giving a safe route to the UK, must be part of the answer to the refugee crisis, says a thinktank

The Guardian - UK

‘Humanitarian visa’ could cut number of asylum seekers reaching UK by boat

A cross-party group is urging Suella Braverman to adopt plan that would allow 40,000 people a year to seek asylum in Britain

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