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world11 days ago•20 min saved

Channel crossing disaster kills child and two women off northern France

Three people, including a 10-year-old child, died after a small boat carrying 105 migrants encountered difficulties in the English Channel off northern France on Monday. French authorities confirmed the deaths, with initial findings suggesting trampling as the cause, while 102 survivors were rescued and taken to Calais. The incident highlights ongoing risks for migrants attempting the perilous crossing, which has seen a significant drop in numbers this year but remains deadly.

via bbc.com|

#english-channel #france #migration

uk-politics-and-society14 days ago•1 min saved

Far-Right Activist Daniel Thomas Pleads Not Guilty to Criminal Damage After Channel Dinghy Incident

Daniel Thomas, a 37-year-old far-right activist known as 'Danny Tommo,' has pleaded not guilty to criminal damage and failing to disclose his phone PIN. He appeared via video link at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court following a livestreamed incident where he slashed a dinghy in the English Channel. Thomas was remanded in custody pending a trial at Portsmouth Crown Court on September 29, with supporters gathering outside the court and police investigation centers.

via BBC|

#anti-migrant-activism #criminal-damage #daniel-thomas

world15 days ago

UK Activist Daniel Thomas Charged After Livestreaming Dinghy Attack in English Channel

Daniel Thomas, a far-right activist known as 'Danny Tommo,' has been charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose a phone PIN after livestreaming footage of himself slashing an inflatable dinghy in the English Channel. The incident occurred on September 22, 2026, while a French rescue worker was aboard the vessel. Thomas was arrested on September 23 and is scheduled to appear in court on September 25. The event coincided with a record daily spike in small boat arrivals and heightened tensions over anti-immigration protests in the UK.

via BBC|

#english-channel #far-right-activism #migration

world15 days ago

UK Far-Right Activist Charged After Livestreaming Dinghy Attack in English Channel

Daniel Thomas, a 37-year-old far-right activist and founder of the Patriot Platform, has been charged with criminal damage and failing to disclose a phone PIN after livestreaming footage of himself slashing an empty migrant dinghy in the English Channel. The incident occurred on September 22, 2026, while a French coastguard official remained on board. Thomas was arrested on September 23 and is scheduled to appear in court on September 25. The event coincided with a record daily spike in small boat arrivals and heightened tensions over anti-immigration protests in the UK.

via Al Jazeera|

#criminal-damage #daniel-thomas #english-channel

world15 days ago•17 min saved

France Intensifies Channel Border Policing as Crossings Drop but Deaths Rise

French authorities have intensified policing along the northern coast to curb small boat crossings to the UK, leading to a 43% drop in arrivals through August. However, the strategy has shifted migration routes to more dangerous areas like Seine-Maritime and resulted in at least 17 deaths this year.

via The New York Times|

#border-security #english-channel #france

world1 month ago•3 min saved

Paris opens trial into Channel crossing tragedy that left at least 30 dead

Fourteen suspected smugglers, mostly Afghan nationals, go on trial in Paris for roles in the November 2021 English Channel disaster that left at least 30 dead; they face manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration charges as part of an organised criminal group, with two alleged leaders tried in absentia, victims from multiple countries, and the proceedings expected to last about three weeks.

via bbc.com|

#disaster #english-channel #migration

world1 month ago•15 min saved

Smugglers deploy mega-dinghies as Channel crossings surge

BBC’s visual journalism piece shows smugglers switching to much larger boats called “mega-dinghies” to ferry migrants across the English Channel as authorities tighten supply of crossings; in one incident about 140 people were rescued from a single dinghy. The feature also ties the incident to the latest UK migration dashboard data—net migration, asylum, visas and small-boat arrivals—and notes a German police operation targeting these gangs at a European level.

via bbc.com|

#english-channel #germany-crackdown #mega-dinghies

world1 month ago•1 min saved

Two Missing After French Trawler Sinks in English Channel

Two crew remain missing after the French fishing trawler Maranello sank in the English Channel off Plymouth. Three of the five crew were rescued and taken to hospital, with those patients reportedly traveling back to France; a search involving coastguard aircraft, RNLI lifeboats, and multiple ports’ crews was suspended after a second day for further information. The Stradale had earlier recovered three crew members, and one rescued was evacuated by helicopter to Truro while the other two were taken to Plymouth for medical care.

via BBC|

#english-channel #fishing-trawler #maritime

science2 months ago•5 min saved

Sealed Guinness Bottle from 1864 Mindoro Wreck Emerges in English Channel

Divers recovered a sealed Guinness Extra Stout bottle from the 1864 Mindoro shipwreck in the English Channel; the intact seal prompted researchers to consider testing the historic brew for potential revival via yeast DNA sequencing, while teams plan to recover more bottles and examine the ship’s manifest.

via The Washington Post|

#english-channel #guinness #mindoro

world-news3 months ago•77 min saved

UK probes Russia after warship fires warning shots in the English Channel

Britain is investigating claims that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a yacht in the English Channel; the U.K. says its vessels were not fired upon, marking a rare acknowledgment by Moscow of using live ammunition and underscoring rising Russian military activity near UK waters, which follows earlier episodes of Russian vessels and submarines tracked north of Britain.

via AP News|

#english-channel #military-and-defense #russia

world3 months ago•3 min saved

Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots at UK-Flag Yacht in English Channel

Russia says a warship fired warning shots at a UK-flagged yacht in the English Channel after the vessel made a dangerous approach, using signal flares and audible warnings before the shots were fired; no injuries were reported and the yacht continued its journey after a welfare check. The UK is investigating the incident, which follows a separate UK-led interception of a sanctioned tanker linked to Moscow’s shadow fleet.

via Euronews|

#english-channel #russia #sanctions

world3 months ago•2 min saved

UK intercepts suspected Russian shadow-fleet tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel

British forces boarded and seized the Cameroon-flagged shadow-fleet tanker Smyrtos during a six-hour operation in the English Channel, with Royal Marines, the National Crime Agency and air support taking part; the vessel will be moved to an anchorage off the south coast for monitoring as part of sanctions enforcement against Moscow’s oil revenues.

via Al Jazeera|

#english-channel #russian-shadow-fleet #sanctions

world5 months ago•18 min saved

Tragic Channel crossing leaves two women dead; probe opened

Two women, about 20 years old, died when a boat carrying around 82 people attempting to cross the English Channel from France ran aground on a northern French beach; several others were injured and a Boulogne-sur-Mer prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation. The incident underscores ongoing migrant crossings and comes as UK-French efforts to curb small-boat arrivals continue under a £662m deal, with the Home Office stressing commitment to preventing perilous journeys.

via BBC|

#english-channel #migrant-deaths #migration

world5 months ago•17 min saved

UK and France strike three-year pact to curb English Channel crossings

Britain and France announced a three-year deal to reduce migrant crossings in the English Channel, signed by UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nunez in Dunkirk, with measures including enhanced patrols and the construction of a detention centre in Dunkirk to deter crossings.

via AP News|

#border-control #dunkirk #english-channel

world6 months ago•1 min saved

Court appearance after deadly Channel crossing leaves four migrants dead

A Sudanese national, Alnour Mohamed Ali, appeared at Folkestone Magistrates Court charged with endangering life after four migrants drowned while attempting to board a water taxi off Calais. He pleaded not guilty through an interpreter and was remanded to Canterbury Crown Court for 11 May. Investigations continue into how the boat was launched; 38 people were returned to France while 74 proceeded to the UK. The case comes amid broader UK border measures under the 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act, which creates an offense of endangering others at sea; more than 5,000 people have crossed the Channel by small boat this year.

via BBC|

#court-appearance #endangering-life #english-channel