Britain and France have signed an historic agreement to tackle the number of migrants crossing the English Channel each year. Home Secretary Priti Patel and her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin said they wanted to make the route unviable after more than 8,000 migrants crossed this year. They agreed to double the number of French police … Read more
French police forcibly clear huge Paris migrant camp where more than 2,000 people lived shoulder-to-shoulder in tents under motorway overpass Migrants, most them men from Middle East and Africa, set fire to their camp under the A1 in Saint-Denis Riot police were dispatched to prepare the migrants ahead of removal by 70 buses this morning … Read more
An Afghan man has been charged with endangering his son’s life after the six-year-old died while trying to reach the Greek island of Samos by boat. The 25-year-old father faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of the charge, which one NGO described as a ‘direct attack on the right to seek … Read more
The moment a migrant was loaded into a tanker by French people smuggling gang that got 1,000 people into UK illegally before being raided by police Gang – called the Pierrefitte connection – made 3million euros smuggling people Police have watched them for the past 12 months in a surveillance operation Earlier this month, French … Read more
‘Where is my baby?’: Migrant mother screams as she searches for her six-month-old boy who later died after being pulled from the water in the Mediterranean ‘Did you see my baby? I lose my baby! Why me? Where is my baby?’ Mother says Baby Joseph was pulled from the Mediterranean but died aboard rescue vessel He … Read more
The Iranian skipper of a migrant boat which capsized in the Channel killing a family of five faces 10 years in prison after being charged with ‘aggravated manslaughter’. Police yesterday arrested the suspected captain who insisted he was simply another passenger trying to reach the UK for a better life. The unidentified 37-year-old Iranian appeared … Read more
Police today arrested the suspected captain of a migrant boat which capsized in the Channel killing a family of five – but he insisted he was simply another passenger trying to reach the UK for a better life. The unidentified 37-year-old Iranian appeared in court this morning and was placed under investigation for aiding illegal … Read more
Ruthless people smugglers ‘forced’ migrants to board a makeshift boat where a Kurdish-Iranian family of five drowned after being trapped in the cabin when it capsized among five-foot waves in the Channel, it was claimed today – as France was urged to bring the criminals to justice. Construction worker Rasoul Iran-Nejad, 35, his wife Shiva … Read more
A family of desperate Kurdish-Iranian migrants who paid people smugglers £21,600 for a new life in Britain agonised over the decision in a French tent city for days – before making the tragic fatal crossing with the hope of a ‘quicker’ asylum process and a decent education for the children in the UK. Construction worker Rasoul … Read more
One person is feared dead and others are missing after migrant boat capsizes off French coast trying to cross Channel to UK By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline Published: 14:08 GMT, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 14:27 GMT, 27 October 2020 One person is feared dead and others are missing after a migrant boat capsized off … Read more