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RNLI and Border Force bring 99 people to safety as they cross English Channel

Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove said the rise in dangerous Channel crossings is ‘unacceptable’.

The Independent UK

American B-52 bombers fly over Bristol amid crisis in Ukraine

Two Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crafts left RAF Fairford at around 9.40am, flew over Bristol and the west country, and are currently heading north over the English Channel as of 10.45am

Bristol Post

Russian cargo ship seized by French officials in English Channel

French authorities intecepted the vessel on Saturday morning

Evening Standard

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France intercepts Russia-bound cargo ship ‘Baltic Leader’ in the English Channel and ‘escorts’ it to Boulogne

The ship has been suspected of belonging to a firm targeted by EU sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Emiliano Sala team-mate helped to organise flight before English Channel crash

Emiliano Sala died aged 28 in a 2019 plane crash in the English Channel. It emerged today that fellow Cardiff City player Jack McKay, 25, helped organise the flight

Daily Mirror

Agent Willie McKay claims Emiliano Sala was "abandoned" by Cardiff City before plane crash

The Argentina-born striker died in January 2019 when the Piper Malibu aircraft he was aboard crashed into the English Channel on its flight from France to Wales

Daily Mirror

Storm Franklin: Elderly couple ‘drowned as car swept into English Channel’

Couple were not found until tide dropped, reports say

The Independent UK

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Media investigation claims migrants in Channel boat disaster contacted French rescue services

French investigative journalists say they have proof that migrants contacted rescue services just before their boat sank in the English Channel last November. After initially denying this was the case, French authorities now admit it was highly likely there was communication with the stranded vessel.

Radio France Internationale

Ex-chief prosecutor warns push back of migrant boats could shame UK

Lord Macdonald of River Glaven expresses his opposition of the Nationalities and Borders Bill

Wales Online

Push back of migrant boats ‘courts disaster’, warns former chief prosecutor

It would take just one tragedy resulting from the high-risk tactic to ‘shame’ the nation internationally, Parliament is told.

The Independent UK

Offshore asylum ‘traduces’ UK’s reputation as ‘nation that abolished slavery’

Lords debate Nationality and Borders Bill that seeks to curb English Channel crossings and change how asylum claims are processed.

The Independent UK

Emiliano Sala's mum claims he was "betrayed" as she breaks silence on tragic plane crash

Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson died when the small plane they were flying in entered the English Channel in January 2019 following the striker's transfer to Cardiff

Irish Mirror

British navy rejects plan to push back Channel migrant boats

Britain's navy has rejected a plan to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores when it takes over responsibility for trying to stop people crossing the English Channel in small dinghies.

Reuters

Royal Navy warship tracking two Russian naval vessels in English Channel

The Royal Navy's HMS Argyle is monitoring two Russian naval ships that have headed through the English Channel as tensions remain strained over Vladimir Putin's build up of troops on the Ukraine border

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The Independent UK

Royal Navy warship monitors Russian vessels in English Channel

The Ministry of Defence described the operation as a ‘normal response’

The Independent UK

Genocide survivors urge compassion for migrants ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

It comes after more than 28,000 people crossed the English Channel illegally to try to reach the UK last year.

France 24

EU Commissioner for migration & asylum urges 'clarity' from UK over Channel crossings

2022 is not yet one month old, but already around a thousand people have made "irregular" crossings from France to the United Kingdom – putting a spotlight back onto the issue of migration between the European Union and its former member state. Margaritis Schinas is European Commission Vice-President, and the…

The Conversation

Sending in the Royal Navy is not the answer to small boat migration in the Channel

The Home Office has announced a plan to bring in the Royal Navy to take charge of policing the English Channel after the number of migrants attempting the crossing in small boats tripled in 2021. Full details of the plan have not been revealed, but appear to involve the navy…

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UK to task military with stopping migrant boat crossings: Reports

Critics slam PM Boris Johnson for ‘inhumane’ reported plan to put the navy in charge of English Channel operations.

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