Five migrants die during attempt to cross Channel, French media reports

Five dead trying to cross English Channel hours after U.K. passes deportation law

Several human rights groups including the UN refugee agency and the Council of Europe criticized the U.K.’s new law

Five people die in attempt to cross English Channel to the UK

Child among the dead hours after the British government approves a bill to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Illegal migrants die attempting to cross English Channel

PARIS - At least five migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from an area near the town of Wimereux, local newspaper La Voix du Nord said on Tuesday.

Five people die attempting to cross Channel from France to UK

Five migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, died Tuesday trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain, local authorities said, just hours after Britain passed a controversial bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.The British government has cast its Rwanda plan, which cleared a final hurdle in parliament on Monday to international criticism, as part...

At least five migrants die while crossing English Channel, 100 rescued by French Navy

At least five dead bodies of migrants were recovered from the Wimereaux beach in northern France Tuesday (Apr 23), with local media reports saying they were trying to cross the English Channel. The Voix du Nord newspaper said a rescue operation had been launched and helicopters and boats were deployed at the scene. The development comes as UK  passes its controversial Rwanda bill that paves the way for the government to deport illegal immigrants

Five people, including a child, have drowned while trying to cross the English Channel to the UK

The five people are reported to have died in a crush on the overcrowded boat.