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How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer Bede Irvin in the battle for Normandy

On D-Day, The Associated Press had reporters, artists and photographers in the air, on the choppy waters of the English Channel, in London, and at English departure ports and airfields covering the Allied assault in Normandy

The Independent UK

Young Woman and the Sea review – Disney’s surface-level swimming biopic lacks depth

Daisy Ridley leads the reductive, if at times stirring, story of the first woman to swim across the English channel

The Guardian - US

Record 10,170 people arrive in UK via small-boat Channel crossings this year

Provisional official figures deal blow to Rishi Sunak’s claim that threat of Rwanda deportation is a deterrent

The Guardian - UK

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Rishi Sunak Rwanda plan in disarray as 'more than 10,000 migrants cross Channel in small boats' this year

The Tories and Labour are making immigration a key issue for the general election

Evening Standard

UK and Finland discuss further efforts to stop Russia’s shadow oil fleet

Third parties could be required to do more to block tankers from operating in Baltic and the Channel

The Guardian - UK

Migrants crossing Channel so far in 2024 nears 10k

Two more small boats have been seen arriving on Sunday.

Evening Standard

Europe's Notorious Human Smuggler 'The Scorpion' Arrested In Iraq

European authorities arrest 'the Scorpion,' a notorious human smuggler in northern Iraq, highlighting risks faced by migrants crossing the English Channel.

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Child refugees using people smugglers to reach family in UK, report warns

Delays in government family reunion processes see stranded children crossing the Channel in small boats, charities’ report says

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has laid out his plan to tackle asylum. Will it actually work?

The Labour leader confirmed he would scrap the Rwanda scheme in his Dover speech, then confusingly blurred his own argument

The Guardian - UK

Labour government would halt Rwanda deportations from day one, Starmer says

Opposition leader calls Tory scheme for processing asylum seekers a ‘gimmick’ and a ‘waste of money’

The Guardian - UK

As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledge its deep bond with France

The two countries have been at odds over the centuries. But could there be a better symbol of our link than this engineering coup, asks Jonn Elledge

The Guardian - UK

The Channel Tunnel, from pipe dream to European reality

This Monday marks 30 years since France and the United Kingdom officially opened the Channel Tunnel. It was the culmination of two centuries of dreaming about linking the two neighbours by land.

Radio France Internationale

Tory Rwanda plan is driven by desperation

Letter: The scheme ignores the reality that those desperate enough to cross the Channel are willing to accept risks, write Jamie and Debbie Hawker

The Guardian - UK

Increase In Migrant Dinghies Crossing Channel To England

Increase in migrant dinghies crossing English Channel raises concerns about border control and humanitarian response.

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French police rescue more migrants trying to cross Channel to UK

French authorities said they rescued 66 people from a boat trying to cross the Channel to the United Kingdom, which has recorded a record number of crossings from northern France since the start of the year.

The Guardian - UK

Father of girl who died in Channel says family feared being deported to Iraq

Ahmed Alhashimi’s seven-year-old daughter Sara was crushed to death after group of men rushed on to dinghy

Evening Standard

Father of seven-year old girl who died in crush during Channel small boats crossing tells of grief

Ahmed Alhashimi’s daughter Sara was killed as a large group attempted to crowd onto small boat on April 23

The Guardian - UK

Children left to drown in the Channel – is this where Britain’s drift to the right is taking us?

Criticism of the comments made by Ben Habib of Reform UK died down very quickly. And that’s terrifying, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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The Guardian - UK

For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak

Supporters of the Rwanda deportation scheme fail to understand the lessons of Australia

The Guardian - UK

What is the real story behind Vietnamese Channel boat crossings?

Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Two charged with immigration offences after deaths of five people in Channel

Pair from Sudan and South Sudan appear in court after Tuesday’s incident on beach in northern France

The Guardian - UK

Three men arrested after five people die in Channel boat crossing

Suspects being questioned by National Crime Agency in Kent on suspicion of immigration offences

The Guardian - UK

A grownup debate, not game-playing, is the only way to address the refugee crisis

Letters: Colin Montgomery, Daniel Fenton, Federico Moscogiuri, Alwyn Jones and Martin Coult on small boats, deaths in the Channel and the passing of the safety of Rwanda bill

Evening Standard

Channel migrants tragedy: Three men arrested after five people including child died trying to reach UK

Investigators are questioning two men from Sudan aged 19 and 22, and a third 22-year-old suspect from south Sudan

The Guardian - UK

Don’t rescue people who scupper their Channel boats, says Reform UK deputy

Ben Habib says navy or Border Force should not save people who throw themselves into sea if they have refused other vessels

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