A drop in small boat arrivals for a January may have been caused by the stormy weather conditions.
Just two people survived, and one of them told the inquiry that more people were on board. The incident was the worst on record involving migrants in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain.
French authorities rescued more than 6,000 migrants attempting to reach Britain in small boats last year, while 25 people died and two remain missing, the maritime prefecture said Friday in its annual ...
The report blamed people smugglers and “systemic failure” on the part of the authorities after about 30 people drowned as ...
The French navy is partly to blame over failure to prevent the deaths of migrants in the deadliest Channel crossing on record.
French authorities rescued more than 6,000 migrants attempting to reach Britain in small boats last year, while 25 people ...
The French Defender of Rights condemned the use of rubber-bullet launchers, tear gas and stun grenades against groups of migrants, as well as the lack of transparency around these practices.
Plea in China SIR Keir Starmer has made little or no progress in getting the French to stop boatloads of illegal immigrants ...
THE French navy has been partly blamed for failing to stop Britain’s deadliest small boat tragedy on record. An independent ...
It comes as a Home Office crackdown on adverts telling migrants how to circumvent immigration checks comes into force.