A dinghy loaded with migrants seeking to cross the English Channel sits off the coast near Calais, France, on Feb. 2. (Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos/For The Washington Post) The scene on a French beach ...

A migrant has died after getting into difficulty while trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard has said. A rescue operation was launched after reports that a group of people ...

A migrant has died after being pulled from the water while trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard said. A rescue operation was launched after reports that a group of people ...

Two British warships were deployed to escort a pair of Russian military vessels from the English Channel, it has been revealed. The RAF said today that the Royal Navy had deployed HMS ...

PARIS, March 20 (Reuters) - One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France got into difficulties overnight, said a local French authority on ...

A migrant has died trying to cross the English Channel into Britain today. A rescue operation was launched by French authorities off the coast of Hardelot, around 25 miles from Calais, this morning.

A migrant has reportedly died attempting to cross the English Channel after a vessel they were travelling on struck difficulty on Wednesday. French coastguards were reportedly called to assist off ...

One person has died and 15 have been rescued whilst trying to cross the English Channel in an overcrowded boat. Local French authorities said the vessel departed Wednesday evening west of the port ...

One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France got into difficulties overnight, said a local French authority today. The French local authority ...

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