Baby dies after migrant boat capsizes in Channel

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Latest tragedy brings the number of deaths in the Channel this year up to at least 53 CEO of the Refugee Council, Enver Solomon, said their analysis showed that crossings were getting ever deadlier, with the total number of deaths this year being greater than the previous three years combined. Lives will continue to be lost if we carry on as it is.” Imogen Hardman, head of operations in Calais for refugee charity Care4Calais, said: “As a team, we mourn every life that has been lost in the English Channel, but it hits harder when children are the victims of the government’s hostile environment. A total of 27,509 people have arrived in the UK in small boats so far this year French authorities said the child had died after being trampled following a “wave of panic” among the migrants trying to board a dinghy. A total of 27,509 people have arrived in the UK in small boats so far this year after crossing the Channel – 5 per cent higher than the equivalent point last year.