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Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Albanians accounted for 35% of arrivals in the first nine months of 2022.

The Independent UK

Ninety people cross English Channel in two boats on Christmas Day

More than 45,000 migrants have made the dangerous journey to the UK from France in 2022.

The Independent UK

Teenager charged after refugee boat capsizes in English Channel

The 19-year-old was charged with abetting illegal immigration after four people died while trying to cross the Channel.

Al Jazeera

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Teenager among four dead in English Channel tragedy as more missing

Officials say another four people are still unaccounted for

The Independent UK

'We're in a boat...water is coming in. We have children. Please help': English Channel tragedy's desperate phone call as four dead

"In the background of the message we can hear babies screaming"

Manchester Evening News

What the papers say – December 15

Another tragedy in the English Channel features among the front pages.

The Independent UK

Eight asylum seekers feared dead after dinghy sinks in English Channel in night of hell

Four people are known to have died and a further four were tonight still missing in freezing temperatures. Four children, including an 11-year-old Afghan boy, were on board, but victims were adults

Daily Mirror

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The Leader podcast: More Channel deaths after boat capsizes

There’s been yet another English Channel crossing tragedy.

Evening Standard

At least four migrants die, dozens rescued in latest Channel crossing tragedy

At least four people have died after a small boat packed with migrants capsized in freezing temperatures in the English Channel overnight.

Radio France Internationale

Government denies Channel deaths are 'blood on its hands' and won't stop crackdown

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the deaths of four migrants as a boat sank in the English Channel were the 'most sobering reminder possible of why we have to end these crossings'

Daily Mirror

At Least 4 Dead after Migrant Boat Capsizes off English Coast

At least four people were killed when a small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on Wednesday, the British government said. Lifeboats, helicopters and rescue teams working with the French and British navies respond to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At least four people dead after boat capsizes in English Channel

At least 4 dead and dozens of others rescued after a boat capsizes in the English Channel, UK media reports.

Al Jazeera

At least three dead and 40 rescued after migrant boat capsizes in Channel

At least three people have died after a migrant boat capsized in the English Channel in the early hours of Wednesday. Sources confirmed 43 people were rescued, including more than 30 who were pulled from the freezing waters. It is feared the death toll will continue to rise. The inflatable…

Evening Standard

Three dead as 43 people rescued from sinking small boat off English Channel

Major emergency operation to save small boat as rescue mission launched

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France 24

Several confirmed dead after small boat sinks in English Channel

Four people have died following an incident involving a small boat carrying around 40 migrants in the English Channel between Britain and France, the British government said in a statement.

Wales Online

Fears migrants drowned as boat sinks off Kent coast sparking large scale rescue bid

The vessel was thought to be carrying at least 30 people when it sank in the English Channel

Manchester Evening News

Three people dead after 'boat carrying migrants sinks' in English Channel

A further 43 people are understood to have been rescued

The Independent UK

Channel deaths: Braverman urged to quit after migrants die in crossing tragedy

Home secretary ‘has vilified the very people she now feigns sympathy with’, says PCS

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The National (Scotland)

Four people dead and over 40 rescued after small boat incident in English Channel

Four people have died after a small boat incident in the English Channel and 43 people have been rescued, a Government source has said.

Evening Standard

At least four dead and 40 rescued after migrant boat capsizes in Channel

A distress call was made just before 3am with helicopters from Britain and France helping the rescue mission

Daily Mirror

Four people dead and another 40 rescued in English Channel as migrant boat sinks

Britain has seen yet another migrant tragedy in its waters today as a boat carrying between 40 and 50 people got into trouble in icy cold waters - four have tragcially died while 43 have been rescued in the early hours off the coast of Kent

The Independent UK

Key points in Sunak’s plan to tackle migrant crossings

Rishi Sunak has set out a series of measures aimed at curbing the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats.

Reuters

Three killed, several missing after explosion on island of Jersey

Three people were killed and around a dozen others remain missing after an explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of Jersey, off the coast of northern France.

Reuters

UK, European neighbours agree to curb illegal immigration

Ministers from Britain, Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands on Thursday agreed plans to step up co-operation to tackle irregular immigration across Europe and try to stop people smugglers working in the English Channel.

Radio France Internationale

France rescues at least 240 migrants in English Channel in 24 hours

French emergency services have reportedly rescued some 240 migrants heading in small boats across the Channel to the southern coast of England within a 24-hour period this week.

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