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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
The interior ministers of Britain and France have signed a deal designed to reinforce cooperation on dealing with Europe's migrants crisis and increase resources. Nathan Frandino reports.
Border force staff go about their days and boats navigate in and out at the port of Dover after at least four people died when a small boat apparently packed with migrants capsized in freezing temperatures in the Channel overnight, according to the UK government. Dozens of others were plucked from the waters of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in a large-scale rescue operation involving UK and French emergency services. IMAGES
A Frenchman who has spent years developing a jet-powered hoverboard zoomed across the Channel on Sunday, after a first attempt last month was cut short when he fell into the water while trying to refuel. Franky Zapata set off on his "Flyboard" from Sangatte on the northern coast of France for the 20-minute trip and landed at St. Margaret's Bay in Dover, on England's south coast. IMAGES of Franky Zapata taking off from France and flying over the Channel
European ministers arrive for a meeting hosted by France to discuss ways of preventing migrants crossing the Channel by boat. Britain was not invited following a row between French PrDesident Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, sparked by the deaths of at least 27 people in an unprecedented accident in the busy shipping lane on Wednesday. IMAGES (COMPLETES VID 9TJ9GQ_EN)
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