Record 230 people cross Channel to UK as smugglers turn to ‘mega-dinghies’
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- Le Monde Englishseen 1 Sept, 07:44headline rewritten
Five years after deadly migrant shipwreck in the English Channel, rescuers blame each other: 'It's too easy to say we didn't know'Five years after deadly migrant shipwreck in English Channel, rescuers blame each other: 'It's too easy to say we didn't know' - Le Monde (France)seen 23 Sept, 09:57description edited
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Dans la nuit du 23 au 24 novembre 2021, au moins 31 personnes ont péri en mer en tentant de rejoindre l’Angleterre. Seuls un Somalien et un Irakien ont survécu au drame. Une information judiciaire est toujours en cours à l’encontre de sept militaires mis en examen pour non-assistance à personne en danger.Dans la nuit du 23 au 24 novembre 2021, au moins 31 personnes ont péri en mer en tentant de rejoindre le Royaume-Uni. Seuls un Somalien et un Irakien ont survécu au drame. Une information judiciaire est toujours en cours contre sept militaires mis en examen pour non-assistance à personne en danger.
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LONDON (AP) — A pilot program between the U.K. and France that aimed to curb migrant numbers crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, BritainLONDON (AP) — A pilot program between the U.K. and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain
- Le Monde Englishseen 6 Oct, 02:34description edited
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Two women were also hospitalized with burns after a boat carrying 120 people set off on Sunday night, leaving about 20 migrants stranded in the water after they were unable to board.Two women and a girl were also hospitalized with burns after a boat carrying 120 people set off on Sunday night, leaving about 20 migrants stranded in the water after they were unable to board.
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LONDON (AP) — A pilot program between the U.K. and France that aimed to curb migrant numbers crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, BritainLONDON (AP) — A pilot program between the U.K. and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain
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Mon, 10 August 2026
8 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)10:32first to report
REKORDAN broj od 230 migranata prešao je La Manche u jednom čamcu. Iako je ukupan broj prelazaka ove godine u padu, vlasti upozoravaju na sve opasnije taktike krijumčara i pretrpanost plovila.
- The Guardian World10:55
Crossing in larger vessel highlights changing tactics despite increased enforcement on French coast UK politics live – latest updates Europe live – latest updates A dinghy carrying a record 230 people has arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in the early hours of Monday. It is the clearest indication yet that people smugglers in northern France are adapting their business model and escalating their so-called taxi boat strategy to evade enforcement by UK and French authorities. Continue...
- Novinky (Czechia)11:42
Velká Británie zaznamenala v pondělí rekord. Do ostrovního království se přes Lamanšský průliv dostal rekordní počet 230 migrantů na jednom velkém člunu. „Mega člun“ opustil Francii v noci a do Doveru dorazil brzo ráno. Pondělní počet migrantů překonal předchozí rekord z července, kdy se do Británie úspěšně přes Lamanšský průliv dostalo 165 lidí.
- Le Figaro (France)13:05
L’antenne de la SNSM de Berck-sur-Mer a fait état d’une opération d’assistance «hors norme» menée auprès d’un canot.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)13:34
New number breaks previous record from July when 165 people made crossing on single boat
- Al Jazeera English14:02
The government has accused people smugglers of 'cramming' migrants onto 'unseaworthy vessels' and putting lives at risk.
- France Info (France)14:38
Des embarcations de plus en plus grandes et chargées de candidats à l'exil sont utilisées pour traverser la Manche depuis les côtes françaises.
- RMF24 (Poland)20:33
Niechlubny rekord La Manche. Tylu migrantów zmieściło się na jednym pontonie
Tue, 11 August 2026
4 reports- smh.com.au05:30
People smugglers are taking extreme measures to ferry migrants across the English Channel, filling 13 metre-long Chinese-made vessels to the brim for the dangerous passage.
- France Info (France)06:25
Un nombre record de 230 migrants a traversé la Manche depuis les côtes françaises sur une seule embarcation dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi.
- lynnnews.co.uk14:25
The Prime Minister also said the Government would be’“relentless’ in chasing down the gangs who are facilitating the dangerous Channel crossings.
- express.co.uk15:54
The rise of the so-called 'Burnham boats' shows the Channel migrant crisis is getting worse, critics warned.
Mon, 17 August 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)03:30
Depuis début 2026, le nombre de tentatives de passages en Angleterre est en nette diminution. Mais des embarcations plus grosses posent d’importants problèmes de sécurité. En outre, deux départs de feu, attribués par certains aux migrants, même si la justice n’en a pas tranché la cause, attisent la colère d’une partie de la population.
Thu, 20 August 2026
1 report- Bloomberg Politics21:30
French police stopped more than 4,300 migrants from reaching UK shores aboard small boats in the first three months of a new deal between the two countries, the Home Office said, as it seeks to demonstrate headway in cracking down on irregular crossings.
Fri, 21 August 2026
3 reports- The Guardian World08:05
Film emerges as France says it has stopped 185 small boat ‘events’ in three months since new £660m deal with UK Footage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities tried to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK. Men wearing lifejackets appear to throw objects at the police to try to keep them away from their dinghy. The officers then use Pava spray before slashing the inflatable boat with a knife. Continue reading...
- Anadolu Agency (AA)14:51
Authorities prevent 185 small boat crossing events between April 27 and Aug. 2, UK Home Office says, citing French data
- Al Jazeera English16:58
French border police clashed with migrants in northern France on Friday, as they intercepted a small boat.
Mon, 24 August 2026
2 reports- ČT24 (Czechia)04:30
Britská pobřežní stráž varuje, že úmrtí migrantů, kteří se snaží nelegálně překročit kanál La Manche, bude přibývat. Gangy nasadily větší čluny a přepravují více lidí. Londýn přitom hlásí, že boj proti pašerákům se vyplácí, pomáhá například nová dohoda s Francií. Počty uprchlíků, kteří se dostanou na druhý břeh, pomalu klesají. Od začátku roku cestu přes kanál dokončilo 15 897 lidí, což je o 43 procent méně než za stejnou dobu během loňského roku a o osmnáct procent méně oproti stavu z roku...
- The Guardian World13:00
NGO criticises ‘human cost’ of UK-funded crackdown on attempts to set off from French beaches in small boats People trying to cross the Channel to the UK have reported an increase in French police use of violence on beaches to prevent them from getting into dinghies, according to a French NGO. Utopia 56, which works on beaches from where migrants attempt Channel crossings, says so far this year 2,720 people have reported being victims of French police violence, compared with 1,954 over the same...
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:09
Nearly 16,400 migrants crossed English Channel so far this year, down 43% from same period in 2025
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- Le Figaro (France)21:51
Le nombre total des migrants ayant traversé la Manche de la France vers le Royaume-Uni en juin, juillet et août a chuté à son niveau le plus bas en sept ans, a affirmé le ministère britannique de l’Intérieur.
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- Le Monde English02:03edited after publishing
previously
Five years after deadly migrant shipwreck in the English Channel, rescuers blame each other: 'It's too easy to say we didn't know'During a confrontation before an investigating judge in June, the duty officer and the operator at the maritime rescue center presented irreconcilable accounts of the events of November 24, 2021. That night, 31 people drowned between French and British waters.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)13:38
French enforcement officers prevented 185 small boat events, 4,300 crossing attempts between April 27 and Aug. 2
Thu, 3 September 2026
2 reports- BBC News World05:00
Once-rival criminal groups are being forced to work together because of a shortage of small boats, a BBC investigation has found.
- Novinky (Czechia)15:19
Pašeráci lidí, kteří přepravují migranty přes Lamanšský průliv, se kvůli zásahu britských a francouzských úřadů potýkají s nedostatkem člunů. Přešli proto na výrobu obrovských nafukovacích člunů, na kterých můžou během jediné plavby do Velké Británie dopravit stovky lidí.
Sun, 6 September 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)13:15
L’embarcation a été prise en charge dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche par plusieurs navires et deux hélicoptères, annonce la préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord, qui juge le lieu de départ « inhabituel pour la zone ».
Mon, 7 September 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)16:30
Trente et une victimes ont perdu la vie en tentant de rejoindre le Royaume-Uni par la mer, le 24 novembre 2021. Quatorze personnes sont poursuivies pour « homicides involontaires » et « aide au séjour irrégulier en bande organisée » et vont être jugées devant le tribunal judiciaire de Paris, à partir de mardi.
Tue, 8 September 2026
7 reports- Libération (France)05:00
Cinq ans après le pire naufrage de migrants dans la Manche, le procès des passeurs présumés débute ce mardi 8 septembre, tandis que les militaires mis en cause pour non-assistance font l’objet d’une procédure distincte.
- France Info (France)05:35
Le procès se tiendra sur trois semaines. Il s'agit du pire naufrage de migrants dans la Manche. Le drame avait provoqué une polémique sur l'inaction des autorités françaises et britanniques.
- Index.hr (Croatia)08:21
U PARIZU je počelo suđenje 14-orici optuženih za krijumčarenje ljudi, povezano s utapanjem više od 30 migranata u La Mancheu 2021. godine, najgoroj takvoj nesreći u tom tjesnacu.
- The Guardian World13:07
Sinking of inflatable dinghy in 2021 resulted in 31 people dead or missing, including a seven-year-old child Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the deaths of at least 31 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. The accused men, alleged to be linked to people-smuggling networks, face charges including manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised criminal group. Continue reading...
- Le Monde English14:03
The defendants are accused of playing a role in the sinking in which 27 people were confirmed to have died when their inflatable dinghy sank in November 2021.
- BBC News World17:24
At least 30 men, women and children drowned when their dinghy capsized on 24 November 2021.
- Al Jazeera English20:17
Fourteen men are on trial over the 2021 deaths of 31 migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel.
Wed, 9 September 2026
2 reports- Al Jazeera English00:04
Paris trial begins over deadly Channel tragedy, with 14 facing charges for manslaughter.
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Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- Le Monde (France)04:30
Alors que le procès des passeurs mis en cause dans la mort de 31 migrants s’est ouvert mardi 8 septembre, sept militaires sont toujours mis en examen pour non-assistance à personne en danger. De façon incidente, la justice s’est penchée sur les agissements de l’armée, soupçonnée d’avoir voulu protéger son personnel.
- Le Figaro (France)17:58
Le procès de quatorze passeurs présumés s’est ouvert mardi à Paris, cinq ans après le naufrage le plus meurtrier de migrants dans la Manche, faisant au moins 31 morts.
Sun, 13 September 2026
1 report- Libération (France)10:38
Neuf hommes venus d’Irak ont marqué la première semaine devant la justice des quatorze passeurs présumés du drame qui a coûté la vie à 31 personnes en novembre 2021. L’audience se poursuit jusqu’à la fin du mois à Paris.
Mon, 14 September 2026
1 report- aol.co.uk15:56
Reform UK has launched a mobile phone game
Thu, 17 September 2026
1 report- Google News - Europe query15:07
Europe migrant sea crossings fall, but become more deadly, IOM says wmbdradio.com
Sat, 19 September 2026
2 reports- Al Jazeera English04:57
The boat lacked safety gear and took on water before interception by UK Border Force, authorities say.
- Le Monde (France)13:00
Depuis deux semaines, le tribunal correctionnel de Paris se penche sur le fonctionnement d’un réseau ayant organisé le départ de 33 personnes sur un bateau de fortune vers le Royaume-Uni, en novembre 2021. Au cours du voyage, 31 d’entre elles ont perdu la vie.
Mon, 21 September 2026
1 report- dailymail.com15:37
The officer punctured the inflatable with a knife after it was abandoned on a beach in Gravelines, northern France after a failed crossing attempt.
Tue, 22 September 2026
1 report- standard.co.uk15:04
URL changednow www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/maritime-and-coastguard-agency-hm-coastguard-channel-rnli-french-b1297904.html
Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, claimed on social media he was going into the Channel to find the boat.
Wed, 23 September 2026
3 reports- Le Monde (France)03:30edited after publishing
Dans la nuit du 23 au 24 novembre 2021, au moins 31 personnes ont péri en mer en tentant de rejoindre le Royaume-Uni. Seuls un Somalien et un Irakien ont survécu au drame. Une information judiciaire est toujours en cours contre sept militaires mis en examen pour non-assistance à personne en danger.
- Le Figaro (France)08:04
La victime a été ramenée par les vagues sur le rivage mercredi matin, alors qu’un canot avait quitté la même plage quelques heures plus tôt.
- Libération (France)13:15
Depuis deux semaines, les quatorze passeurs présumés, jugés pour la mort de 31 personnes en 2021, ont esquivé les questions. Mardi 22 septembre, le procureur a requis des peines allant de six mois avec sursis à dix ans de prison.
Thu, 24 September 2026
3 reports- NYT World04:01
Thousands of migrants cross the sea between France and England each year, though numbers have fallen amid increased policing.
- Google News - Europe query04:01
Inside France’s Push to Stop Migrant Boats to the U.K. The New York Times
- Anadolu Agency (AA)18:01
Overall crossing were down this year by 45% compared to same period in 2025
Sun, 27 September 2026
1 report- aol.co.uk15:00
EXCLUSIVE: Migration experts have said the horrific stats could actually be much higher than current estimates, which already include 43 children and 31 women.
Mon, 28 September 2026
12 reports- France Info (France)09:00
Un total de 105 migrants se trouvaient à bord et 102 ont été secourus lors de l'opération de sauvetage et débarqués au port de Calais lundi matin. Selon "les premiers éléments de l’enquête", les décès auraient été "provoqués par un piétinement" dans l'embarcation, précise la préfecture.
- Le Monde (France)09:44
« Un naufrage impliquant un taxi-boat est survenu ce jour au large de Wissant », a déclaré la préfecture, qui prévoit un point presse à Calais en fin de matinée.
- Le Monde English10:15
All passengers on board the dinghy involved in a shipwreck off the French coast on Monday asked to be rescued and were taken into care, said the maritime prefecture, adding that the dinghy had not sunk.
- Libération (France)11:10
Les trois personnes se trouvaient à bord d’une embarcation surchargée, aux côtés de 102 autres migrants. Ils se dirigeaient vers le Royaume-Uni ce lundi 28 septembre au matin.
- The Guardian World11:45
Official says deaths – and dozens of injuries – were probably caused by crushing on boat carrying 105 people A 10-year-old child and two women died attempting to cross the Channel on Monday, French authorities have said. Their deaths and the injuries of dozens of others in a large dinghy were probably caused by crushing, according to a French official. Continue reading...
- Al Jazeera English12:08
France's maritime police said they received a distress call from an inflatable dinghy carrying 105 people.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)12:53
Authorities warn death toll could change as they assess the shipwreck
- euronews.com13:40
The child and two women required urgent medical care but were later confirmed dead, authorities said. #EuropeNews
- South China Morning Post13:48
A 10-year-old child and two women died on Monday on the treacherous and illegal migration route across the English Channel from France, apparently trampled to death on a packed boat, French authorities said. The dinghy left the area of Sangatte in northern France at around 5.15am carrying 105 people, local prefect François Xavier Lauch said. The boat ran into difficulty with its passengers asking for help, authorities said. They called rescue services at around 8am when they were some six...
- Al Jazeera English16:37
French police have used tear gas to disperse migrants attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from France.
- Index.hr (Croatia)17:15
DESETOGODIŠNJE dijete i dvije žene preminuli su na pretrpanom migrantskom čamcu u kanalu La Manche. Vlasti sumnjaju na smrt gaženjem. Ukupan broj poginulih migranata ove godine popeo se na 20.
- Der Spiegel (Germany)17:52
Tränengas, ein beschädigtes Schlauchboot: In Gravelines will die Polizei Menschen an der Überfahrt nach Großbritannien hindern. Bei einem weiteren Versuch an der Meerenge sterben drei Menschen – darunter ein Kind.
Wed, 30 September 2026
9 reports- Libération (France)14:06
Quatorze hommes ont été jugés pendant trois semaines devant le tribunal correctionnel de Paris, suspectés d’être des passeurs qui ont mené à la mort de 31 personnes dans la Manche en 2021.
- France Info (France)15:01
Cinq ans après le naufrage le plus meurtrier de la Manche, le tribunal correctionnel de Paris a condamné 13 des 14 passeurs jugés, à des peines de six mois avec sursis à dix ans ferme. Le cerveau du réseau, absent au délibéré, écope de la peine maximale. L'instruction visant les agents du CROSS impliqués le soir du drame se poursuit.
- lbc.co.uk15:39Six men guilty of manslaughter after 'deadliest small boat Channel crossing' killed over 30 migrants
Sentences for the six men ranged from six to a decade in prison
- The Guardian World15:58
Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more still missing A Paris court has jailed six men for manslaughter over the deaths of at least 27 people in the worst mass drowning on record from a small-boat crossing in the Channel. Seven other men were found guilty of lesser smuggling charges with varying degrees of seriousness, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised...
- winnipegfreepress.com16:08
PARIS (AP) — Thirteen people were sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on Wednesday in connection with the sinking of a boat in the English Channel nearly five years ago, in one of the biggest tragedies of migrants making the dangerous crossing.
- brandonsun.com16:11edited after publishing
LONDON (AP) — A pilot program between the U.K. and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain
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- winnipegfreepress.com30 Sept, 16:11their copy
- BBC News World17:14
Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks.
- Le Monde English18:38
The six men were sentenced to between six and 10 years in prison over the deaths of at least 31 people in the Channel in 2021.
- Al Jazeera English19:41
Six people smugglers are found guilty of involuntary homicide after 31 migrants died in the English Channel in 2021.
Fri, 2 October 2026
1 report- Libération (France)04:14
Six exilés ont perdu la vie en mer en dix jours pendant le mois de septembre, l’une des dernières fenêtres de beau temps avant l’hiver, qui favorise les passages vers la Grande-Bretagne.
Mon, 5 October 2026
7 reports- Le Figaro (France)07:40
Les deux migrants étaient âgés d’une trentaine et d’une quarantaine d’années. Ce nouveau drame porte à au moins 24 le nombre de décès de migrants en mer à la frontière franco-britannique depuis le début de l’année.
- France Info (France)07:51
Deux hommes sont décédés lors d'une tentative de traversée de la Manche dans la nuit du dimanche 4 au lundi 5 octobre 2026, à Berck (Pas-de-Calais). Deux femmes victimes de brûlures ont également été prises en charge par les secours. Au total, 405 exilés ont été recueillis par les secours dans la matinée sur les côtes du Pas-de-Calais.
- Le Monde (France)08:14
Ce nouveau drame porte à au moins 24 le nombre de migrants morts en mer à la frontière franco-britannique depuis le début de l’année. Une enquête a été ouverte par le parquet de Boulogne-sur-Mer pour déterminer les circonstances de ces deux décès.
- Le Monde English08:45edited after publishing
Two women and a girl were also hospitalized with burns after a boat carrying 120 people set off on Sunday night, leaving about 20 migrants stranded in the water after they were unable to board.
- Libération (France)09:23
De nombreux départs ont été signalés ces derniers jours en raison de conditions météo jugées favorables. Depuis le début de l’année, au moins 24 personnes sont mortes en mer à la frontière franco-britannique.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)15:30
2 women rescued after boat carrying about 80 people encounters difficulties off French coast
- Polsat News (Poland)19:30
Grupa 80 migrantów próbowała w nocy z niedzieli na poniedziałek przepłynąć przez kanał La Manche - przekazało w poniedziałek BBC. Dwóch mężczyzn zginęło, a dwie kobiety zostały poparzone. Sytuacja miała miejsce na kilka dni po zakończeniu umowy między Francją i Wielką Brytanią o odsyłaniu migrantów.
Wed, 7 October 2026
1 report- express.co.uk12:44
EXCLUSIVE: Boat somehow reached British waters unescorted and continued towards the Kent coast before finally being intercepted
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World12:00
As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from Boulogne-sur-Mer, assembles it and affixes a motor in record time. “I never saw anyone work like this,” says Amad, from Iraq, one of a group of about 30 asylum seekers waiting to cross the Channel. “The UK government wants to stop the smugglers, but they...
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- dailymail.com22:00
All the way back on May 9, 2020 - when it was already clear that large numbers of illegal migrants were sailing across the Channel - I warned on social media: 'This is the beginning of an invasion.'
Wed, 14 October 2026
1 report- The Guardian World05:44
In today’s newsletter: The collapse of the UK’s ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal with France exposes the limits of border enforcement that did little to stop crossings, and only made them more dangerous Good morning. You’d be forgiven for missing it. Earlier this month, the government quietly scrapped its “one in, one out” deal with France. The partnership was supposed to eliminate small boat crossings by deterring asylum seekers from making the treacherous journey across the world’s busiest...
Wed, 21 October 2026
1 report- dailymail.com12:18
The Home Office's Border Security Commander Duncan Capps said French authorities estimate there are 3,800 people in camps between Calais and Dover.
Thu, 22 October 2026
1 report- aol.co.uk08:30
Trafficking cartels are cutting costs to record lows as migrant camps double in size following major beach crackdowns.