2 w. ago French police use pepper spray on migrants trying to cross English Channel

French police have used pepper spray to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel.

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day AGAIN

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

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3 w. ago Two female migrants die while attempting to cross the Channel after dinghy carrying 100 people sinks

French police said the women died by suffocation or drowning after the overloaded boat set off for the UK at around 3.15am.

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4 w. ago Migrants keep piling into crammed rubber boats to cross the Channel just hours after two women died trying to reach the UK

The female migrants died while a further 60 were rescued after 100 squeezed into an overcrowded makeshift boat on Saturday morning off the coast near Neufchatel-Hardelot.

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4 w. ago Two women migrants die trying to cross Channel to Britain and 60 are rescued after 100 squeezed into a makeshift boat

The deaths, which took place overnight south of the beaches of Neufchatel-Hardelot in Calais, mean there have been at least 25 fatalities from Channel crossings this year.

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4 w. ago Two migrants die trying to cross Channel to Britain and 60 are rescued after 100 squeezed into a makeshift boat

The deaths, which took place overnight south of the beaches of Neufchatel-Hardelot in Calais, mean there have been at least 25 fatalities from Channel crossings this year.

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4 w. ago Over 400,000 sign petition demanding Keir Starmer scraps ID cards

The Prime Minister is expected to confirm plans for a so-called 'Brit card' on Friday amid fears the black economy is convincing Channel migrants to cross in small boats

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