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Migrants attempting the treacherous Channel crossing arrive at the southeastern English coast in a small boat, before being taken into the custody of the British border force in Dover. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel on small boats from France to southeast England since Britain began publicly recording the arrivals in 2018, official figures revealed on August 11. IMAGES
Dozens of people disembark from a UK Border Force patrol vessel in the port of Dover on November 30 2022. The British government says 426 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats that day. More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain so far this year according to the UK government, whilst Britain and France have just signed a new deal in November - increasing what the French border controls are paid in order to prevent these crossings. IMAGES
London (UK), Jan 28 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Andy Rain).- London continues to vaccinate against the coronavirus at Wembley in London as the situation in the country fails to improve. Britain's National Health Service is under severe pressure as hospital admissions for Covid-19 are not slowing fast enough, with more than a thousand people dying every day from the virus.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION CENTER AT WEMBLEY AND SOUNDBITES OF NEWLY VACCINATED PEOPLE.
Lima, Jan 19 (EFE) .- Peru's medical unions completed their seventh day of indefinite national strike Tuesday in front of government offices while the second wave of the pandemic continues with ICUs exceeding their capacity. (Camera: MIKHAI HUACAN)SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS PROTESTING IN LIMA, PERU.
Colombo, July 23 (EFE/EPA).- Tharindu Ravisha, who had been working at a resort in Dubai, has now been stranded in the United Arab Emirates for four months, waiting endlessly to return home in Sri Lanka.The 22-year-old housekeeper at Cove Rotana Resort in Ras Al Khaimah has repeatedly contacted the Sri Lankan embassy in Dubai seeking repatriation.He has exhausted almost all his savings to survive during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: FAMILY MEMBERS OF SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS STUCK IN WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES, A "WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM" MARCH HELD ON JULY 8 2020 IN FRONT OF THE LABOUR SECRETARIAT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, SOUNDBITES: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF FRONTLINE SOCIALIST PARTY IN SRI LANKA, NUWAN BOPAGE (IN ENGLISH)