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A man has died after a boat carrying migrants deflated in the English Channel on Sunday morning, French authorities said. The man, who was Indian and aged about 40, was in a boat which left from ...
A total of 36,816 people crossed the English Channel in 2024, which was an increase of 25% from the 29,437 who arrived in 2023, according to the Home Office – but down by 20% on the record ...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency which tracks the number of people who die crossing the Channel, says 77 people have died attempting to make the journey this year.
More than 60 people were reported to be on the boat off the northern French coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Nearly 100 migrants were rescued in the English Channel as more than 600 people have arrived in the UK so far this year. The French coastguard was called to help 99 people overnight from Tuesday ...
On 14 January, five migrants trying to cross the channel were found dead on a beach on the channel coast of northern France. [56] On 28 February, the death of three migrants attempting to cross the channel from Cap Gris Nez was confirmed by French authorities. The number of Channel crossings is 32% lower than the total recorded at the same ...
Channel crossings continued the day after news of the deaths emerged, with the Home Office recording 1,093 arrivals in two days.
The latest arrivals, 141 on Friday and 359 on Saturday, brings the total for 2024 so far to 7,167. Five hundred migrants cross Channel in two days Skip to main content