Overcrowded migrant boat with 57 onboard sinks in Channel - four women and toddler rescued
A small boat carrying 57 migrants across the English Channel, including four women and a toddler, has sunk off the coast of ...
Why are more people crossing the Channel on the weekend?
More people are crossing the English Channel in small boats on the weekend. Our data analysis shows last year 40% of the ...
Small boats tracker: Find out how many people have crossed the Channel
Data reveal that almost 37,000 migrants made crossing last year, with the majority originating from Afghanistan ...
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Coastguard rescues 68 would-be migrants from boat whose engine failed in Channel as another 183 make it to UK
The French coastguard rescued scores of migrants from a small boat off the Calais coast suffering from engine failure, as another 183 people reached the UK by crossing the English Channel.
Daily Mail29d
Syrian migrant becomes first migrant to die in English Channel in 2025 after being 'crushed to death' in an overcrowded small boat
A Syrian today became the first UK-bound migrant of the new year to die in the English Channel after being ... He said around 30 people were taken off the boat in all, despite it being designed ...
London Evening Standard26d
Migrants cross English Channel in third day of arrivals to UK this year
and another boat of 67 people, arrived on January 4 and January 11 respectively. A total of 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in 2024, with the first crossings of the year recorded on ...
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Two arrested after teenager ‘crushed to death’ while trying to cross Channel
A 19-year-old man was crushed to death in a small boat while trying to cross the English Channel on Saturday. Roughly 60 people were on board the vessel around 4am as it set off from the beach of ...