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One person dies in Channel crossing attempt near Gravelines

French and British coastguards rescued a further 71 people who had tried to cross in an overcrowded dinghy on Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Uganda: Lion with three legs and brother make world record 1.5km swim to find mates

Pair looking for love braved crocodile and hippo infested waters to swim channel

Evening Standard

Four Migrants Die Crossing English Channel In Tragic Incident

Tragic incident in English Channel as four migrants die in inflatable boat crossing. Rescue efforts underway.

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Four people die in attempt to cross English Channel from France

French coastguard says 63 people were rescued and returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer after trying to sail to Britain.

Al Jazeera

Four people drown trying to cross Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer

At least 56 people survive after early morning rescue involving French coastguard, navy boat and helicopter

The Guardian - UK

Channel crossing tragedy: Four migrants die trying to reach UK in small boat

Latest Home Office figures show over 14,000 people made the journey across the English Channel in 2024

Evening Standard

Europe: Polish MPs vote against bill decriminalising abortion assistance – as it happened

218 MPs reject bill while 215 vote for draft law that would have decriminalised act of facilitating abortions

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Four migrants die trying to cross English Channel in boat

Overnight a boat capsized and migrants fell into the sea off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France

The Independent UK

Starmer refuses to commit to ‘stop the boats’ mantra as he addresses Channel crossings

Prime minister paused in a press conference and refused to say whether he would ‘stop the boats’, as his predecessor had pledged

The Independent UK

UK warned over treating child asylum seekers crossing Channel in small boats as adults

Exclusive: UN experts urge Home Office to take ‘all necessary measures’ to halt alleged violations of children’s rights

The Independent UK

Thousands more asylum seekers and economic migrants set to cross Channel this summer, No10 signals

Crossings resumed on Monday after a six-day hiatus amid poor weather conditions at sea

Evening Standard

Can Labour repair the United Kingdom’s fragmented asylum system?

One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…

France 24

Revenge of the moderates? UK's Labour set for landslide win in general election

While French voters ponder the temptation of the far right, across the Channel they are also campaigning. But there, it feels like the revenge of the moderates. Out with Little Britain Brexiteers, out with Jeremy Corbyn's hard left, in with a more genteel version of the Labour Party. Before 2016,…

France 24

A tale of two elections: how angry voters in France and UK turned on their leaders

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

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Evening Standard

Banksy's Glastonbury migrant boat stunt branded 'vile' by Home Secretary James Cleverly

James Cleverly claimed the artist was ‘celebrating the loss of life in the Channel’ after a lifesize inflatable raft holding dummies of migrants was passed around the crowd

The Guardian - UK

Home secretary says Banksy’s Glastonbury migrant boat ‘celebrated loss of life’

Artwork holding dummies of migrants interpreted by some as commentary on continuing loss of life in Channel

The Independent UK

Cleverly accuses Glastonbury festival-goers of ‘celebrating loss of life’ after Banksy small boats stunt

The home secretary attacked the artist and revellers at the festival for ‘joking about and celebrating’ small boat migration

Radio France Internationale

Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in single day this year

More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel into Britain on Tuesday, setting a new record for 2024.

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Labour’s immigration plans: a border security expert explains why ‘smashing the gangs’ is so difficult

As prime minister, Rishi Sunak has been unable to “stop the boats”, his pledge on addressing irregular migration. Now, Keir Starmer is pitching an equally memorable slogan: “smash the gangs”.

The Guardian - UK

Threefold increase in lone child asylum seekers in UK, figures show

Number of unaccompanied children crossing Channel rises from 242 in 2021 to 772 this year, data reveals

Evening Standard

Channel migrant crisis: 80 migrants rescued from two boats after both into difficulty

Children are reportedly among those who have been rescued

The Independent UK

80 migrants rescued in English Channel after boat capsizes

The coastguard has launched a search and rescue operation after the boat overturned

International Business Times

UK D-Day Vets Sail For Normandy For Landings Anniversary

Eight decades after Allied forces landed on the beaches of German-occupied France, a group of British veterans made the journey again -- crossing the English Channel to mark the anniversary of D-Day.

The Independent UK

Home Office confirms more than 40,000 crossed Channel after Sunak pledged to ‘stop the boats’

Rishi Sunak has suffered a new setback this morning with new Home Office figures on small boats Channel crossings with asylum seekers

The Independent UK

How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

On D-Day, The Associated Press had reporters, artists and photographers in the air, on the choppy waters of the English Channel, in London, and at English departure ports and airfields covering the Allied assault in Normandy

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