3 h. ago French demand more money from Britain before they let their police try to stop migrants boarding small boats to cross the English Channel

Britain already has a deal with France to try and prevent refugees and and migrants from crossing the Channel, but until now, authorities have resisted entering the water themselves.

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50k this year as minister voices ‘frustration’ at French police watching boats go

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50,000 this year as minister expresses 'frustration' at French police

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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7 d. ago French police stand back and watch as migrant families including small children pack themselves onto small boats heading across the Channel to the UK

It is thought six migrant boats left France in the first attempt to cross the English Channel in days on Saturday.

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2 w. ago British fishing boat named after famous Prime Minister 'taken prisoner by the French'

The French navy has seized a British fishing boat named after Margaret Thatcher in the English channel, after it was accused of illegally fishing for whelks in the English Channel

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2 w. ago We used to catch hundreds of cod a day. Last year it was just ONE: One fishing family reveal truth about EU monster trawlers that've decimated our waters as Starmer surrenders to foreign fleets

In Britain's fishing heyday, a sturdy red wooden boat called Royal Charlotte ploughed the English Channel to bring home enormous catches of cod for her owners, the Coker family.

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2 w. ago Busiest day for migrant crossings this year as over 800 make journey across Channel

It comes as new data showed Eritreans have become the most common nationality crossing the English Channel in small boats

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2 w. ago Migrant boat crossing English Channel forces Dunkirk flotilla of 'Little Ships' to divert as they commemorated legendary WWII evacuation

A fleet of 66 vessels set sail from Ramsgate, Kent, to commemorate Operation Dynamo, which saw the 'Little Ships' rescue 300,000 Allied soldiers over 10 days in 1940.

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2 w. ago Child among 2 migrants who died attempting to cross English Channel to Britain in small boat

A woman and a child have died on an attempted illicit overnight sea crossing from France to Britain

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2 w. ago Two people die attempting to cross English Channel as hundreds more migrants arrive in small boats

The pair reportedly lost consciousness on a boat carrying nearly 80 people

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2 w. ago 1 person dies when a boat overloaded with migrants sinks in the English Channel

One person died when a boat overloaded with migrants broke up during an attempted overnight crossing of the English Channel

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2 w. ago Migrant dies trying to cross Channel after 'overloaded' small boat sinks

More than 60 people pulled from the water after boat broke up

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3 w. ago One person dead after several migrant boats attempt to cross English Channel

A total of 192 people were rescued by the French coastguard between Sunday night and Monday morning

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3 w. ago English Channel migrant boat blaze leaves one dead and seven injured when motor catches fire during crossing

Around 60 men, woman and children had to be rescued off the coast of northern France early this morning after a fire broke out on their boat.

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3 w. ago Migrant dies and seven others injured in new English Channel small boats tragedy

Around 60 men, woman and children were rescued off the coast of northern France early on Monday morning

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3 w. ago Migrant dies in English Channel as seven others suffer severe burns in latest small boats tragedy

Around 60 men, woman and children were rescued off the coast of northern France early on Monday morning

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