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Added on the 25/11/2021 17:15:01 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Images of the Port of Dover in southeast England after six Afghan men died on Saturday 12 August when a boat carrying around sixty migrants sank in an attempt to reach the UK, according to French officials. Three French ships, a helicopter and a plane were mobilised to search the area off Sangatte in northern France for survivors, along with two British ships. IMAGES
Rescue services and mortuary vans enter and leave Calais port area after a migrant boat captsized. Six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel. 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
Emergency services vehicles and personnel can be seen at the Port of Dover, following the deaths of three migrants who were attempting to cross the Channel and the rescue of 43 others. Lifeboats were launched from the Channel port of Dover shortly after 0300 GMT on 14 December 2022, followed by vessels from Ramsgate and Hastings along the coast. 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
On a trip to Calais, French Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin calls for a "very tough, coordinated, international response" after the death of at least 31 migrants in the Channel and called on other European countries concerned to fight against smugglers "like we fight against terrorists". SOUNDBITE