At least 14 other people have died trying to make the trip this year
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:32 am
Bad weather conditions this morning hampered operations, mainly due to fog and a two-meter vortex
Bad weather conditions this morning hampered operations, mainly due to fog and a two-meter vortex.
It comes after 27 people, including seven women, including one pregnant, and three children, were killed when their boat capsized in the English Channel on Wednesday.
The only two survivors – an Iraqi and a Somali – told police their poorly made canoe was struck by a container ship, puncturing its thin rubber hull.
Five people have been arrested in France over the 27 deaths, including a job function email database man held overnight at the wheel of a German-registered vehicle filled with inflatable ribs, although there is “no provable connection” to the sinking , according to prosecutors, despite French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin insisting that all were “directly linked” to the drownings.
Reports suggest that a coastguard plane was called from Doncaster after being alerted to “flashes of torches” from boats in the English Channel around 2 a.m.
It comes after 27 people, including seven women, including one pregnant, and three children, were killed when their boat capsized in the English Channel on Wednesday.
Those who want to get to the UK are willing to pay the smugglers thousands of pounds who can buy the ships for a very small fraction of their revenue.
Bad weather conditions this morning hampered operations, mainly due to fog and a two-meter vortex.
It comes after 27 people, including seven women, including one pregnant, and three children, were killed when their boat capsized in the English Channel on Wednesday.
The only two survivors – an Iraqi and a Somali – told police their poorly made canoe was struck by a container ship, puncturing its thin rubber hull.
Five people have been arrested in France over the 27 deaths, including a job function email database man held overnight at the wheel of a German-registered vehicle filled with inflatable ribs, although there is “no provable connection” to the sinking , according to prosecutors, despite French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin insisting that all were “directly linked” to the drownings.
Reports suggest that a coastguard plane was called from Doncaster after being alerted to “flashes of torches” from boats in the English Channel around 2 a.m.
It comes after 27 people, including seven women, including one pregnant, and three children, were killed when their boat capsized in the English Channel on Wednesday.
Those who want to get to the UK are willing to pay the smugglers thousands of pounds who can buy the ships for a very small fraction of their revenue.