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Added on the 25/11/2022 12:36:13 - Copyright : Euronews EN
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
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
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
In Calais, several dozen people participate in a "circle of silence" in tribute to the 27 migrants who drowned in the English Channel, an unprecedented tragedy which has shocked the inhabitants of the northern French city. IMAGES
Images of the port of Calais in northern France the day after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England drowned off the coast when their boat sank, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings. IMAGES
Journalists walk around the dunes of Wimereux beach on the northern coast of France in the early morning, the day after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England died when their boat sank in the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings. IMAGES
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