A group of Russian Navy warships from the service’s Northern Fleet are about to enter the English Channel, ahead of their planned participation in a controversial series of live-fire exercises planned off the southern coast -West of Ireland. The ships, centered around three warships, will not be the first fromRead More →
More than 28,300 people crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats in 2021, triple the number for 2020. But arrivals will continue and more people will drown in the strait between France and Britain if the government continues its “dangerous and ruthless policy”, ministers have warned. Last year’sRead More →
A Sudanese man in his twenties died trying to cross the English Channel in negative conditions, French authorities have announced. He was found unconscious and pulled out of the water after falling overboard as he and others attempted to reach the UK. French rescue teams swung into action in theRead More →
He was found unconscious and pulled out of the water after falling overboard as he and others attempted to reach the UK. French rescue teams went into action in the early hours of Friday. The man was brought ashore, but pronounced dead. Register to our daily newsletter The newsletter muteRead More →
In recent days, more than 300 migrants have crossed the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom. More than 100 were intercepted by French authorities before they left the coast. One person has been declared dead. On Thursday 13 January, the UK Home Office (Home Office) confirmed to theRead More →
A Sudanese man in his twenties died trying to cross the English Channel in freezing conditions, according to French authorities. He fell overboard when a boat ran into trouble shortly after leaving the coast south of Boulogne in the early hours of Friday morning. He was found unconscious by FrenchRead More →
A Sudanese man in his 20s has been found dead after being pulled from the water in the English Channel, French authorities have announced. He was found overboard and unconscious in the early hours of Friday after a boat believed to be heading for the UK ran into difficulty offRead More →
The person was found overboard in freezing waters after a boat ran into difficulty, a day after at least 271 people reached the UK on Thursday. Individual was found overboard in sub-zero conditions after a boat carrying 25 other people got into difficulty ( Image: Reuters) One person pulled fromRead More →
While there are hurdles to jump through, believe it or not, it’s been done – over 2,000 times, in fact. The English Channel is the iconic body of water separating Britain from Europe. It has protected Britain from potential invasions over the centuries, it is the busiest sailing area inRead More →
A man believed to be a refugee carries a small child after he was brought ashore by the RNLI in Dover, Kent, following an incident on a small boat in the English Channel (Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire The death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, who drowned with his mother and brotherRead More →
At least 28,300 migrants made the journey from France to the UK via the English Channel in 2021, three times the number in 2020, according to new data. PA Media – formerly known as the Press Association – released the figures on Tuesday based on figures from Britain’s Home Office.Read More →
With the devastating deaths of at least 27 people in the English Channel last month, we are only scratching the surface of the horrific conditions faced by those fleeing their countries for safety reasons. On November 24, seven women, three children and 17 men were among those who drowned inRead 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 →
Emergency services are deploying rescue efforts after a number of incidents in the channel. Coastguards, search and rescue officers and Border Force officers respond to incidents off the coast of Kent. There were a number of incidents in the channel today. Photo: UKNiP The exact number of calls spanning fromRead 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 →
French authorities confirmed that the body was found on Friday by a fishing boat off Calais. They claimed the body would have been in the water for some time before being discovered. It is unclear whether the body was among 27 missing asylum seekers who lost their lives at seaRead More →
Clare Moseley is the founder of charity association Care4Calais. CALAIS, France — This week’s tragedy in which 27 people lost their lives crossing the English Channel may have shocked people around the world, but I’m secretly afraid it could lead to something worse: that it can happen again and thatRead More →
Around 150 people gathered near 10 Downing Street to protest the deaths of more than two dozen people who drowned while trying to cross the English Channel this week. Twenty-seven people died during Wednesday’s crossing, making it one of the deadliest days in the migrant crisis. The protest, organized byRead 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Courtesy of Prémar Manche Posted on November 18, 2021 at 5:20 p.m. by The Maritime Executive Cross-Channel migration between France and the UK has been a hot topic in relations between the two countries for years, but as winter approaches it appears to be heading to new levels. A recordRead More →
The oil tanker Thun Garland responds to a migrant boat in distress, October 24 (Premar Manche) Posted on October 24, 2021 9:07 PM by The Maritime Executive On Saturday, the French rescue coordination center CROSS Gris-Nez organized a rescue forRead More →
Three summers ago, Jeannie Zappe made a commitment to swim across the English Channel. The former Lewisburg resident and Bucknell University employee did just that overnight. Zappe, 55, entered the water at Samphire Hoe, England, just after 10 p.m. on Sunday. She freestyled 21 miles in 14 hours and 55Read More →
Fliteboarders rob wylie & morgan wylie took to the English Channel on fliteboards this Thursday August 12, 2021, becoming the first to successfully cross the English Channel on efoils. the father-son duo embarked on a new world first by flying over the English Channel non-stop. fliteboard is an electric hydrofoilRead More →