Crossings continue day after 12 migrants die in Channel tragedy
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Crossings continue day after 12 migrants die in Channel tragedy

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A pregnant woman and six children were among those who lost their lives in what is being described as the deadliest Channel crossings tragedy of the year so far when their boat was “ripped apart” and sank off the northern French coast of Cap Gris-Nez on Tuesday. Up to 65 people were rescued in Tuesday’s incident, which the Prime Minister branded “shocking and deeply tragic”, telling MPs in the Commons: “We must have a renewed determination to end this.” His comments came after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said “vital” efforts to dismantle “dangerous and criminal smuggler gangs” and to boost border security “must proceed apace”. “We see it every month… every death at the border, the people don’t stop crossing.” She said a lot of police were at the shoreline, with officers intervening overnight and in the morning. “We received calls from people in distress in boats in the Channel, we received for example eight calls from eight different boats on Friday.” The living conditions at the French shore are “really awful” she said, adding: “They just want to be in England.” Claiming the deaths are “kind of expected because of the politics” amid “repression and securitisation of the coast”, she called for safe passage for migrants trying to reach the UK, adding: “If the politics changes here this could stop.”

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