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The Latest Breaking News from the English Channel

Six people dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel

SIX people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 12, 2023

Migrants rescued as number of people crossing Channel ‘hits 100k since 2018’

Several migrants have been rescued from the English Channel as the number of people crossing on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 10, 2023

Small boat crossings of the English Channel: Key numbers

Total crossings so far this year are 19% below the equivalent period in 2022.

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

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Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter – if the government really is planning to do it

As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – a remote piece of land in the Atlantic Ocean inhabited by fewer than 900 people. This idea was…

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2023

The ECHR, why it is back in the spotlight and the implications of the UK leaving

The UK may leave a major international human rights agreement to help tackle small boats crossing the English Channel.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Jet2 flight to Ibiza forced to suddenly turn around and return to Manchester Airport

The plane suddenly turned over the English Channel around 30 minutes into the journey

Manchester Evening News · Jul 12, 2023

Numbers making risky English Channel crossing ‘still too large’ says No 10

Rishi Sunak’s pledge to ‘stop the boats’ has run into a series of difficulties in the English Channel, the courts and the House of Lords.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

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Cardiff ordered by FIFA to pay remaining instalments of Emiliano Sala fee

Sala died when the light aircraft he was travelling in from France crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

UK court rules against government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration's pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the English Channel.

France 24 · Jun 29, 2023

UK appeals court rules that plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful

A British court has ruled that a government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda in an attempt to deter migrants from making risky journeys across the English Channel is unlawful

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

Firefighter's chilling final post before vanishing during English Channel charity swim

Iain Hughes spent two years training for a 21 mile swim across the English Channel but tragically never reached his destination with French authorities calling off the search

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2023

Firefighter missing in English Channel during charity swim

The search for a “highly respected and much-loved” firefighter who disappeared as he attempted to swim the English Channel for charity has been called off.

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2023

Graeme Souness breaks down in tears as he reveals huge donation from Sir Alex Ferguson

Liverpool and Rangers hero Graeme Souness has raised more than £1.2million - and counting - for charity after swimming the English channel in 12 hours and 17 minutes

Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2023

More than 600 migrants cross Channel in 2023 record - days after Sunak claimed plan was ‘working’

Numbers rocket after as seas calm amid UK heatwave

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

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The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2023

Rishi Sunak announces two new barges to house asylum seekers

Rishi Sunak said his plan to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel is working, but there is “work to do”, as he announced two more…

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Sunak announces two new asylum barges and says plan to ‘stop the boats’ working

The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing of the English Channel have declined by around a fifth this year.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2023

Man dies after falling from boat in English Channel during historic race

A man has died after falling from a yacht into the English Channel.

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2023

British man dies after falling from yacht off in English Channel on French coast

The HM Coastguard was called out to the north of Fecamp in Normandy in the English Channel yesterday at 3pm following mayday calls that someone went overboard

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Manchester Evening News · May 27, 2023

Greater Manchester man dies during yacht race in the English Channel

The sailor drowned after falling overboard during a competitive race

The Independent UK · May 27, 2023

Man dies falling from yacht in English Channel ‘during historic race’

Sussex Yacht Club has paid tribute after one of its sailors passed away, with an investigation launched into the tragedy

Radio France Internationale · May 26, 2023

French soldiers accused of failing to help in English Channel migrant tragedy

French magistrates have filed preliminary charges against five maritime rescue personnel over the deaths of 27 people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel in a flimsy dinghy in November 2021.

France 24 · May 26, 2023

France charges military personnel over migrant deaths in 2021 English Channel tragedy

French magistrates on Thursday filed preliminary charges against five French maritime rescue personnel in a probe of the deadly sinking of a flimsy migrant craft in the English Channel in 2021 that killed 27 people.

Daily Record · May 22, 2023

Football legend Graeme Souness will swim the English Channel to raise £1.1m for charity

Souness takes on challenge to raise awareness and funds to help people with painful and incurable "butterfly skin" condition.

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023

Graeme Souness tears up on live TV as he explains next move after sudden Sky Sports exit

The Liverpool legend has called time on his television career to swim the English channel at 70 years of age and struggled to hold back the tears as he explained why

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2023

'The barge to house migrants represents failure. The entire policy is sinking'

It symbolises the complete failure of the UK Conservative Government to halt small boat crossings across the English Channel despite Rishi Sunak insisting it's a priority

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