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Braverman says ‘huge amount to learn’ from Greece on migrant deterrence

But the Home Secretary said there is no suggestion the UK could use push-back tactics on migrant boats in the English Channel.

The Independent UK

This 8000-year-old city was discovered at the bottom of English Channel

Have you ever wondered what lies concealed in the depths of the English Channel? Deep-sea divers certainly do, as they primarily dive deep into the sea and are aware of the formidable challenges that are posed by its waters and formidable tides.

The Times of India

U.K. Supreme Court to weigh legality of plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

To discourage migrants, the U.K. wants to deport to Rwanda some who arrive by boat without a visa. Human rights groups have sued, and the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Oct. 9.

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Cleverly tells UK’s ambassadors to do ‘even more’ to help stop smuggling gangs

The Foreign Secretary said he written to all the country’s ambassadors and high commissioners.

The Independent UK

Man who posed for selfies as he piloted ‘flimsy’ small boat with 50 migrants on board is jailed

Reda Hamoud Abdurabou took charge of the small boat while trying to cross the English Channel

The Independent UK

Man who posed for selfies as he piloted ‘flimsy’ migrant dinghy is jailed

Egyptian Reda Hamoud Abdurabou, 25, took charge of the small boat while trying to cross the English Channel in July 2022

The Independent UK

Small boat migrant arrivals top 25,000 since start of Sunak premiership

Labour accused the Prime Minister of failing to get a grip on the migrant crisis in the English Channel.

The Independent UK

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France charges four over migrant boat tragedy in English Channel

French prosecutors have charged four suspects, two Iraqis and two Sudanese, with involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank in the English Channel last weekend.

Radio France Internationale

Four charged with manslaughter after drowning of six migrants in English Channel

Some 60 people went overboard after their punctured dinghy overturned in the English Channel

Evening Standard

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)

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)

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

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

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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

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.

France 24

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.

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The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

Evening Standard

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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 National (Scotland)

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

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.

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