5 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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7 d. 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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2 w. ago Second deportation flight under 'one in, one out' deal takes off from Heathrow

It came as hundreds of migrants attempted to cross the Channel this morning

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2 w. ago Second migrant is deported to France under UK's 'one in, one out' deal

As the deportation took place, the scale of the issue was emphasised once again as hundreds of migrants simultaneously tried to cross the Channel

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3 w. ago 3 migrants die trying to cross the English Channel from France

Local authorities in France have reported that three migrants died while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern France

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3 w. ago Two children among three dead in small boat disaster: Tragedy after 38 migrants attempted to cross English Channel to the UK in one dinghy

Two children are among three people to have died in the English Channel overnight in a small boat tragedy, French authorities report.

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3 w. ago 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in ONE DAY in fresh humiliation for Keir Starmer

The figure is the biggest daily total since May, in which more than 1,195 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day.

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