Liz Truss: Preparing a blacklist of Russian oligarchs The Foreign Ministry is preparing a “blacklist” of Russian oligarchs who will be targeted for sanctions in the coming months, Liz Truss said. The foreign minister said there would be “nowhere to hide” for Vladimir Putin’s super-rich Kremlin allies. The warning comesRead More →
The French navy is said to have intercepted a Russian freighter, the “Baltic Leader”, in the English Channel. The boat is believed to be heading for St. Petersburg and was intercepted under new European Union (EU) sanctions. Sanctions were imposed on Russia by the EU and G7 countries following PresidentRead More →
Channel: French President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death. Channel: French President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death. FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death in the English Channel. The French leader, who is expected to start his re-election campaign soon, has criticizedRead More →
Channel: French President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death. Channel: French President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death. FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron blames Britain for every migrant death in the English Channel. The French leader, who is expected to start his re-election campaign soon, has criticizedRead More →
The accident was the deadliest involving a migrant boat in the English Channel and most of its victims were Iraqi Kurds. The accident on the English Channel also caused significant diplomatic tensions between London and Paris [Getty] The 27 migrants who drowned when their boat sank in the English ChannelRead More →
Migrants who crossed the English Channel to Britain from northern France are being held in deplorable conditions despite government promises to improve accommodation, inspectors said on Thursday. The findings by the Prisons Inspectorate and independent voluntary monitoring groups came after visits to migrant detention centers over the past three months.Read More →
On November 24, an inflatable boat collapsed under the weight of more than two dozen men, women and children capsized in the choppy waters of the English Channel. At least 27 of the passengers, mostly Kurdish migrants seeking to reach England from France, drowned. It did not take long forRead More →
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People defending the rights of migrants stand next to a banner reading “309 dead at the Franco-British border since 1999”, during a rally outside the port of Calais, France, November 25, 2021.Rafael Yaghobzadeh/Associated Press The growing row between France and Britain over how to stop migrants crossing the English ChannelRead More →
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said five women were among the dead, two people had been rescued and one was still missing. An initial report indicated that 31 people had died, but the minister revised this number to 27 on Wednesday evening. Four suspected traffickers accused of being directly linkedRead More →
French rescue boats recovered the bodies in the English Channel (SNSM archive photo) Posted on 25 November 2021 13:42 by The Maritime Executive Authorities in France and the UK have both reported they believe an unnamed container ship was responsibleRead More →
Ministers on both sides of the Channel blamed their counterparts on Thursday after dozens of people – including a pregnant woman – drowned in bitterly cold waters off the coast of France when their inflatable boat bound for Britain sunk. This is one of the biggest losses of life inRead More →
Smuggling gangs make millions ferrying desperate people across the Channel, with Boris Johnson saying criminals ‘get away with murder’ Smugglers charge over £5,000 per person for Channel crossings ( Image: Reuters) Smuggling gangs earn thousands of pounds for every person they transport across the English Channel. Boris Johnson has vowedRead More →
CALAIS, France (AP) — Helicopters buzzed above the waves and ships were already scouring the cold waters when French maritime rescue volunteer Charles Devos added his boat in a frantic search for a fragile migrant craft that sank in the English Channel, killing at least 27. What Devos found wasRead More →
CALAIS, France (AP) — At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died on Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest migration tragedy on the crossing dangerous today. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 34 people were on board the boat. AuthoritiesRead More →
CALAIS, France (AP) — At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died on Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest migration tragedy on the crossing dangerous today. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 34 people were on board the boat. AuthoritiesRead More →
British Prime Minister Boris said he was dismayed to learn that more than a dozen migrants have died in the English Channel trying to reach Britain. File photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License picture November 24 (UPI) — More than two dozen migrants attempting to sail the English Channel toRead More →
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an intergovernmental review of the migrant crisis as he is “exasperated” by the failure to stem the number of crossings from France, The Times reported on Saturday. British frustration at the number of migrants crossing the English Channel illegally fromRead More →
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LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an intergovernmental review of the migrant crisis as he is “exasperated” by the failure to stem the number of crossings from France, The Times reported on Saturday. British frustration at the number of migrants crossing the English ChannelRead More →
PARIS — The United Kingdom and France are at odds again over fishing rights in the English Channel — the latest post-Brexit dispute between the two countries. A day after the UK announced it had only approved 12 of 47 applications for new French small boat licenses to fish inRead More →
The body of a man was recovered from the sea in the English Channel by the coastguard, police say, after being reported by a passing ship – it comes amid a rise in migrant crossings The body of a man was recovered from the English Channel by the coast guardRead More →
Refugees fleeing the Taliban regime in Afghanistan will not be resettled in the UK if they cross the Channel in small boats, a Home Office minister has said. Afghan Resettlement Minister Victoria Atkins has said refugees should take “legal” routes previously agreed with the authorities if they want to accessRead More →