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Home Office ‘running to keep up with crisis’ over Channel crossing surge, says MP after visit

Crisis ‘not over’ at Manston processing centre, ministers warned

The Independent UK

UK has not set a timeline for migration deal with France - PM's spokesman

Britain has not set a deadline for agreeing a deal with France to curb the number of migrants illegally crossing the English Channel, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Brit spent four days clinging to buoy in English Channel after kayak capsized

Daniel Lewis was rescued by Dutch fisherman on Thursday after they found him clinging to a buoy wearing just a pair of swimming shorts.

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Most Britons think country has lost control of its border since Brexit: poll

Only 7% of Opinium respondents believe government is in control of situation in the English Channel

The Guardian - UK

Two migrant groups left stranded at Victoria station after ‘misunderstanding’, says minister

Two migrant groups who crossed the English Channel were left stranded in London after a “misunderstanding” with UK officials, a minister has said.

Evening Standard

'Screams from a madhouse': Albanian PM scolds Britain over migration row

Britain should look to Germany to learn how to cope with a wave of immigrants, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday, chastising London for its depiction of Albanians arriving in the country via the English Channel.

Reuters

France and UK need to do more on Channel migrant crisis, Cabinet minister admits

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the authorities on both sides of the English Channel needed to step up work to tackle small boat crossings.

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UK minister under fire for calling migrants an 'invasion'

Britain’s interior minister is facing criticism for describing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats as an “invasion.”

The Independent UK

Brit rescued after clinging to buoy in just his trunks was 'trying to kayak to Spain'

The unnamed Brit set out to kayak across the English Channel from Dover to Spain but he capsized and was left clinging onto a buoy for dear life before being rescued days later

Daily Mirror

British PM Sunak discussed Channel migration with France's Macron, Downing Street says

Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the issue of clandestine migration across the English Channel in their first telephone conversation since Sunak took office, the British government said.

Reuters

British kayaker saved after surviving 12 days in the English Channel

A British kayaker has been saved 12 days after his vessel capsized in the English Channel.

Evening Standard

Brit rescued in English Channel in just his trunks after clinging to buoy 'for DAYS'

One reckless Brit seemingly set out to kayak across the English Channel before his boat capsized and he was left fighting for his life at sea for nearly two weeks before fishermen found him

Daily Mirror

Suspected Albanian human trafficker arrested by National Crime Agency

A suspected people smuggler accused of organising the crossing of the English Channel for migrants on small boats has been arrested in south-west London.

Evening Standard

When the warship HMS Northumbria collided with the Swing Bridge on the River Tyne

As well as the mishap on the Tyne 50 years ago, HMS Northumbria had been involved in accidents in 1962 at Gateshead, and in 1968 during a NATO exercise in the English Channel

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Reuters

UK to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants

British interior minister Suella Braverman set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum and said it was her "dream" to see a government flight deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Manchester Evening News

Pilot told friend that plane was 'dodgy' ahead of Emiliano Sala's fatal flight

The 28-year-old player was flying from Nantes in France to Wales to join then Premier League club Cardiff City when the plane crashed in the English Channel

AFP

Pilot in crash that killed footballer Sala said plane was 'dodgy': BBC

London (AFP) - The pilot flying the plane that came down in the English Channel, killing Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala, previously complained that the aircraft was "dodgy", according to audio obtained by the BBC.

Wales Online

Plane carrying Emiliano Sala was 'dodgy', pilot said before fatal flight

The 28-year-old Argentina-born striker was flying from Nantes in France to Wales to join then Premier League club Cardiff City when the plane crashed in the English Channel close to Guernsey

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More migrants cross English Channel to UK so far this year than in whole of 2021

The provisional total number of people who have made the perilous journey so far in 2022 is 28,561

The Independent UK

People crossing the English Channel in small boats: Key numbers

The average number of people per boat is now above 40.

Daily Record

Tribute to the Perth and Kinross few who took to the skies during the Battle of Britain in 1940

The region's RAF men helped halt the Nazi invasion across the English Channel during WWII

The Independent UK

British sewage overflows stink up relations across Channel

EU lawmakers have a new reason to be annoyed with Britain: British sewage overflows seeping into the English Channel and North Sea

The Independent UK

Growing number of Afghans risking lives on small boats to reach UK

Afghans crossing the English Channel in small boats made up just under a fifth of arrivals in the first half of 2022, Home Office figures show.

The Independent UK

UK to fast-track failed Albanian asylum-seeker deportations

The U.K. has announced plans to “fast-track” the deportation of failed Albanian asylum-seekers as authorities combat a surge in the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats

Reuters

Britain to work with Albania to deport migrants who cross Channel

Britain said on Thursday it would work with Albania to quickly process and repatriate the large number of Albanians who cross the English Channel in small boats, after a surge in the number of such migrants despite a plan to deport arrivals to Rwanda.

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