Tag: English Channel

Number of undocumented migrants into UK surpasses 2020 total

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LONDON — The number of undocumented migrants reaching Britain in small boats this year has surpassed the total for all of 2020, as people...

Record number of migrants make risky Channel crossing to UK

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LONDON — Figures compiled by Britain's Press Association show that at least 430 migrants made the perilous journey across the English Channel to the...

UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals

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LONDON — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for...

Toddler who washed up on Norwegian island is identified

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The body of a toddler that washed ashore on Norway’s southwest coast on Jan.1 has been identified. It's a missing 15-month-old...

Police clear 500 migrants from French port after clashes

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PARIS — Several hundred police on Friday cleared out a makeshift migrant camp in the northern French port city of Calais, a magnet for...

Judge: UK broke law by housing refugees in run-down barracks

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LONDON — Britain’s High Court ruled Thursday that the Conservative government broke the law when it housed asylum-seekers in overcrowded, run-down conditions in a...

UK: Anti-immigration protest blocks traffic in port of Dover

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LONDON — Anti-immigration demonstrators protesting the rising numbers of people attempting to reach the U.K. by crossing the English Channel in small boats blocked...

French fishermen gather boats in post-Brexit license protest

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LONDON — French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast gathered their boats in protest Thursday off the English Channel...