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Illustration:

Peter Schrank for the Guardian

 

Peter Schrank

on the prospects for refugees in 2019 – cartoon

G

Wed 26 Dec 2018        18.22 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2018/dec/26/
peter-schrank-on-the-prospects-for-refugees-in-2019-cartoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Channel

 

Migrants in a dinghy

sail in the Channel towards the south coast of England

after crossing from France.

 

Migrant crossings of the Channel

have hit record numbers this year

 

Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty

 

20 photographs of the week

Protests after the shooting of Dijon Kizzee, migration in Europe,

the aftermath of Hurricane Laura and the enduring impact of Covid-19:

the most striking images from around the world

G

Fri 4 Sep 2020    21.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/04/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smuggler        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/19/
if-a-smuggler-says-do-it-you-do-refugees-on-trying-to-rescue-their-friends-from-the-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/20/
migrants-dying-in-channel-politicians-not-people-smugglers-priti-patel-border-policies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cross        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/aug/21/
who-are-the-people-risking-everything-to-cross-the-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel crossing / migrants        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/19/
if-a-smuggler-says-do-it-you-do-refugees-on-trying-to-rescue-their-friends-from-the-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/28/
uk-and-france-sign-deal-to-make-channel-migrant-crossings-unviable

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/13/
asylum-seekers-crossing-channel-face-inhumane-treatment-observers-say

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/
un-urges-uk-to-restart-resettlement-of-refugees-after-family-drowns-in-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/29/
maybe-we-will-reach-the-uk-or-maybe-we-will-die-in-the-sea-say-asylum-seekers

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/29/
almost-300-asylum-seekers-have-died-trying-to-cross-the-channel-since-1999

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/
four-migrants-died-channel-part-same-iranian-family

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/27/
eighteen-people-in-hospital-as-migrant-boat-sinks-off-french-coast

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/
home-office-considers-using-nets-to-stop-migrant-boats-crossing-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/22/
we-were-terrorised-brother-of-drowned-sudanese-refugee-on-war-torn-homeland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/aug/21/
who-are-the-people-risking-everything-to-cross-the-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/21/
number-of-migrants-crossing-channel-in-boats-passes-5000

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/20/
migrants-dying-in-channel-politicians-not-people-smugglers-priti-patel-border-policies

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/20/
the-guardian-view-on-migrant-deaths-hard-hearts-are-cause-for-alarm

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/20/
behind-the-channel-crossings-migrant-stories-of-life-or-death-in-tiny-inflatables

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/19/
timeline-of-tragedies-in-attempts-to-reach-uk-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/19/
sudanese-teenager-found-dead-on-beach-near-calais-sangatte

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/18/
yarls-wood-to-house-arrivals-from-small-boats-crossing-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/aug/14/
families-trying-to-cross-the-channel-dunkirk-france

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/18/
body-of-suspected-asylum-seeker-found-on-beach-near-calais

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/
man-who-was-on-boat-with-sudanese-refugee-who-drowned-makes-it-to-uk

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/
from-diplomat-to-dinghy-why-people-are-riski

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/
migrants-who-crossed-channel-could-be-sent-to-detention-centre

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/19/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/04/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/20/
drowned-sudanese-teenager-identified-as-abdulfatah-hamdallah-wajdi

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/19/
calais-based-volunteers-condemn-uk-for-death-of-sudanese-teenager

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/11/
shame-on-those-stoking-fears-about-refugees-migrant-crossings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/10/
the-guardian-view-on-channel-migrants-shame-on-the-scaremongers

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/09/
number-migrants-crossing-channel-uk-passes-4000-this-year

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/30/
five-migrant-children-rescued-in-channel-as-number-of-uk-arrivals-soars

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/11/
migrants-rescued-after-boat-capsizes-in-english-channel

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/dec/29/
church-of-england-urges-compassion-for-channel-migrants

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/30/
uk-migrant-crisis-bears-no-comparison-to-eus-2015-influx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel migrant crossings        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/28/
uk-and-france-sign-deal-to-make-channel-migrant-crossings-unviable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

crossing        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/09/03/
magazine/migrants.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reach England / the UK        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/06/
welcome-review-film

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

make it to the UK        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/
man-who-was-on-boat-with-sudanese-refugee-who-drowned-makes-it-to-uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 in choppy waters        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/29/
maybe-we-will-reach-the-uk-or-maybe-we-will-die-in-the-sea-say-asylum-seekers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

small boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/
from-diplomat-to-dinghy-why-people-are-riski

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/09/
number-migrants-crossing-channel-uk-passes-4000-this-year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

small boat > inflatable boat > dinghy        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/19/
sudanese-teenager-found-dead-on-beach-near-calais-sangatte

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/24/
from-diplomat-to-dinghy-why-people-are-riski

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/sep/04/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dinghy > oars or shovels        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/19/
sudanese-teenager-found-dead-on-beach-near-calais-sangatte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in tiny inflatables        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/20/
behind-the-channel-crossings-migrant-stories-of-life-or-death-in-tiny-inflatables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

capsize        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/19/
if-a-smuggler-says-do-it-you-do-refugees-on-trying-to-rescue-their-friends-from-the-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jul/11/
migrants-rescued-after-boat-capsizes-in-english-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

sink        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/27/
eighteen-people-in-hospital-as-migrant-boat-sinks-off-french-coast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drown

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/
un-urges-uk-to-restart-resettlement-of-refugees-after-family-drowns-in-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/
four-migrants-died-channel-part-same-iranian-family

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/22/
we-were-terrorised-brother-of-drowned-sudanese-refugee-on-war-torn-homeland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/20/
drowned-sudanese-teenager-identified-as-abdulfatah-hamdallah-wajdi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timeline of tragedies in attempts to reach UK

 

People have been struck by cars or trains,

suffocated in lorries

or drowned in the Channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/19/
timeline-of-tragedies-in-attempts-to-reach-uk-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

movies > France > 'Welcome'

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/06/
welcome-review-film

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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