Tag: English Channel

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  PM Johnson pledges to unblock trade across the Channel, but situation sounds chaotic

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday sought to sound a note of calm saying he was working “as fast as possible” to unblock trade across the Channel after France shut its borders to UK haulers in a bid to contain a new variant of the coronavirus.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  French mayor threatens with a “Falklands' war” if no accord is reached on UK/EU fishing waters

  

  The French Mayor Frederic Couvillier, of the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer, has threatened the UK with a “Falklands War” pertaining the dispute over the fishing waters with the European Union. Furthermore, the mayor warned of the threat of an armed conflict in light of the looming Brexit deadline.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Australian marathon swimmer breaks the men's record for number of English Channel crossings, 35

  

  An Australian marathon swimmer on Sunday (Aug 16) became the second woman to break the men's record for number of Channel crossings - and avoided new UK quarantine rules on French arrivals on her return.

• Monday, August 10th 2020 - 06:06 UTC

  Britain gets tougher on “boat people” crossing the Channel

  

  Britain appointed a commander on Sunday to lead its response to illegal small boat crossings across the Channel and said it was exploring tougher action after a spate of migrant arrivals.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Record migrant crossing of the English Channel on Sunday

  

  Five boats carrying 65 migrants have been intercepted while attempting to cross the English Channel. The Home Office said 58 males and seven females were picked up between 07:30 and 22:30 BST on Saturday.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  With lockdown, unaccompanied young migrants crossing the Channel to Britain on boats instead of trucks

  

  The number of unaccompanied young migrants crossing the Channel from France to Britain has spiked during the coronavirus outbreak, as travel restrictions force them onto boats rather than trucks.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Boat people with 71 illegal immigrants intercepted in the English Channel

  

  Seventy-one migrants were intercepted on several boats in the English Channel overnight, with some needing hospitalization for hypothermia, French and British authorities said on Thursday.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 00:45 UTC

  Security guards behind Emiliano Sala's viral post-mortem convicted in England

  

  A Swindon Crown Court on Monday handed down jail sentences to two workers of a security company who illegally accessed footage of the autopsy of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, leading to its online mass distribution.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falklands' next permanent patrol shadows Russian vessel in the English Channel

  

  HMS Forth that in a few months time will be replacing HMS Clyde as Falkland Islands permanent patrol has been engaged in shadowing a Russian patrol ship as it passes through the English Channel towards Dover.