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Coverage dated April 22, 2024

5 migrants die while crossing the English Channel hours after the UK approved a deportation bill

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French authorities say five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel. It occurred just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport

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  1. WFMZ Allentown

    5 migrants die while crossing the English Channel hours after the UK approved a deportation bill (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    French authorities say five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel. It occurred just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport

  2. Al Jazeera

    Five people die in attempt to cross English Channel to the UK (opens Al Jazeera)

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

  3. KOB 4

    At least 5 people have died while crossing English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill (opens KOB 4)

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    At least 5 people have died while crossing the English Channel, according to French media, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. The Voix du Nord newspaper said the bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France on Tuesday.

  4. Green Field Reporter

    At least 5 people have died while crossing English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    PARIS (AP) — At least 5 people have died while crossing the English Channel, according to French media, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. The Voix du Nord newspaper said the bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France on Tuesday.

  5. France 24

    At least five migrants die attempting to cross Channel for UK (opens France 24)

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    At least five migrants, including a child, died overnight during an attempt to cross the Channel from France to Britain, a French police source said on Tuesday.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    5 migrants die in English Channel crossing attempt – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    At least five people are reported to have died in an attempt to cross the English Channel. Only hours earlier, the UK Parliament voted to deport some of those who enter Britain illegally as a deterrent to migrants.

  7. Washington Times

    5 migrants die while crossing English Channel hours after the U.K. approved a deportation bill (opens Washington Times)

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    Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda.

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