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Illustration: Chris Riddell

The Observer

 

The tragedy in the Channel – cartoon

Chris Riddell on the drowning of refugees trying to reach Britain

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Sat 27 Nov 2021    18.00 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/nov/27/
the-tragedy-in-the-channel-cartoon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illustration / cartoon: Peter Schrank

for the Guardian

 

Peter Schrank

on the prospects for refugees in 2019 – cartoon

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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

A group of people, thought to be migrants,

crossing the Channel in a small boat

traveling from the coast of France

and heading in the direction of Dover, Kent

 

Photograph: Gareth Fuller

PA

 

Kim Jong-un holding hands and Ulez protests:

Tuesday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors

select photo highlights from around the world

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Tue 29 Aug 2023    13.49 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2023/aug/29/
kim-jong-un-ulez-protests-tuesday-best-photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gravelines, France

 

About 40 people from various countries board an inflatable boat

before they attempt to cross the English Channel

from the northern French town of Gravelines.

 

Photograph: Denis Charlet

AFP/Getty Images

 

The week around the world in 20 pictures

The Russian shelling of Chasiv Yar, forest fires in Europe,

protests in Sri Lanka, the Tour de France

and the San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona:

the most striking global images this week

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Fri 15 Jul 2022    19.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/15/
the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

A tearful girl is among those rescued

by crew members of the Abeille Languedoc

after their boat’s generator broke down in French waters

while attempting to cross the Channel to Britain

 

Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy

AFP/Getty Images

 

Prince Charles and the Wagatha Christie trial:

Tuesday’s best photos

The Guardian’s picture editors select

photo highlights from around the world

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Tue 10 May 2022    12.56 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2022/may/10/
prince-charles-wagatha-christie-trial-tuesdays-best-photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Fri 4 Sep 2020    21.00 BST

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

smugglers / people-smugglers         UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/28/
good-anti-sinking-capacity-lifejacket-optional-journey-of-a-refugee-boat

 

 

 

 

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 the channel        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2022/oct/13/
small-boat-embarks-channel-crossing-near-dunkirk-in-pictures

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel crossing / migrants / refugees        FR / UK

 

2024

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/
father-of-girl-died-channel-family-feared-deported-iraq

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/
children-drown-channel-britain-ben-habib-reform-uk

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/24/
dont-rescue-people-who-scupper-their-channel-boats-says-reform-uk-deputy

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/23/
humanitarian-groups-demand-safe-routes-to-uk-
after-deaths-in-channel

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/240324/
rola-7-ans-morte-noyee-pres-de-calais-
le-calvaire-d-une-famille-exilee

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/23/
uk-funding-french-migrants-small-boat-border-forces

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/12/
ibrahima-bah-teenage-asylum-seeker-manslaughter

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/06/
no-foot-dragging-warns-chair-of-inquiry-into-27-channel-deaths

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/
seven-year-old-girl-dies-
after-makeshift-boat-heading-to-uk-capsizes-in-france

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/28/
french-coastguard-reports-incident-involving-small-boat-in-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/23/
man-who-steered-small-channel-boat-sentenced-to-detention-after-four-died

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/14/
migrants-die-trying-to-cross-channel-after-boat-overturns

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/04/
uk-does-not-cooperate-sufficiently-small-boat-crossings-french-body

 

 

 

 

2023

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/24/
rwanda-bill-will-get-the-job-done-and-stop-small-boat-crossings-
says-david-cameron

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/241123/
dans-la-manche-les-coulisses-terrifiantes-du-sauvetage-des-migrants

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/24/
relatives-of-27-who-drowned-in-channel-boat-sinking-demand-answers

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/04/
revealed-uk-coastguard-downgraded-999-calls-from-refugees-
in-days-before-mass-drowning

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2023/aug/29/
kim-jong-un-ulez-protests-tuesday-best-photos

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/may/10/
did-the-uk-coastguard-ignore-desperate-calls-for-help-
podcast - Guardian podcast

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/29/
uk-coastguard-ignored-distress-calls-
2021-channel-boat-disaster

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/mar/10/
is-stop-the-boats-a-slogan-without-a-solution-
podcast - Guardian podcast

 

 

 

 

2022

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/141222/
dans-la-manche-
le-naufrage-d-une-embarcation-de-migrants-
fait-au-moins-quatre-morts

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-
in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2022/11/13/
migrants-morts-en-traversant-la-manche-le-24-novembre-2021-
l-enquete-accablante-pour-les-secours
_6149691_3224.html

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/221022/
retourne-mourir-en-afghanistan-
cherbourg-
des-migrants-se-plaignent-du-traitement-qui-leur-est-inflige

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2022/may/10/
prince-charles-wagatha-christie-trial-tuesdays-best-photos

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/05/
channel-crossings-treacherous-journeys-refugees-landing-in-britain

 

 

 

 

2021

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/13/
uk-coastguard-telling-refugees-in-british-waters-to-contact-the-french

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/12/09/
naufrage-dans-la-manche-les-migrants-avaient-bien-appele-les-secours
_6105249_3224.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/nov/30/
dont-bring-any-more-of-those-people-
try-to-stop-crew-going-out-to-sea-to-save-refugees-video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/30/
hastings-small-boat-arrivals-tensions-east-sussex-town

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/
calais-eu-ministers-meeting-channel-priti-patel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/28/
anxious-wait-in-calais-camps-for-news-on-channel-victims

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/28/
channel-crossings-asylum-refugees-dangerous-journey

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2021/nov/27/
the-tragedy-in-the-channel-cartoon - Guardian cartoon

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/26/
kurdish-woman-is-first-victim-of-channel-tragedy-to-be-named

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/
i-come-or-i-die-fatalistic-refugees-say-channel-crossing-their-only-option

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/
macron-tells-johnson-to-get-serious-on-channel-crisis-after-tweeted-letter

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/261121/
dans-la-manche-les-traversees-de-tous-les-dangers

 

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/benjamin-joyeux/blog/261121/
ca-suffit-pour-un-accueil-inconditionnel-des-exilees

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/26/
ill-try-to-get-across-people-camped-out-in-dunkirk-still-hope-to-reach-uk

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/26/
not-doing-enough-france-senses-policing-alone-wont-stop-risky-crossings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/26/
channel-drowning-unlikely-slow-exodus-from-iraqi-kurdistan-
dangerous-journey-europe

 

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/la-cimade/blog/251121/
tragedie-de-calais-retrouvons-d-urgence-notre-humanite

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/
channel-drownings-what-happened-and-who-is-to-blame

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/
uk-ministers-urged-to-stop-playing-politics-over-channel-crossings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/25/
channel-crossing-must-be-spur-for-change

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/25/
priti-patel-up-to-france-stop-refugees-crossing-channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/25/
drowned-people-were-mostly-kurds-from-iraq-or-iran-says-france

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/25/
solutions-to-the-channel-problem-what-experts-and-campaigners-say

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/25/
channel-drownings-uk-and-france-trade-accusations-after-tragedy-at-sea

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/oct/22/
twenty-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

2020

 

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/2021/nov/25/
horrific-channel-deaths-uk-humane-asylum-system-compassion

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2023 > More than 29,000 people

have reached England this year in small boats

crossing the notoriously dangerous English Channel

– about a third down on the previous year.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the Channel        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

off the coast of Kent / off Kent coast        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel migrant crossings        UK

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel crossing        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/
1059196420/31-people-are-dead-
after-a-migrant-boat-capsized-in-the-english-channel

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

treacherous journey        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/05/
channel-crossings-treacherous-journeys-refugees-landing-in-britain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

traversée de la Manche,

trafic de migrants, passeurs        FR

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/151223/
elle-voulait-juste-une-vie-meilleure-
mulu-30-ans-est-morte-noyee-en-tentant-de-traverser-la-manche

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/fil-dactualites/170823/
naufrage-meurtrier-dans-la-manche-
quatre-personnes-mises-en-examen-notamment-pour-homicides-invol

 

 

 

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/141221/
trafic-de-migrants-40-des-bateaux-arrivent-traverser-la-manche

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/141221/
passeurs-comment-les-clans-du-nord-de-la-france-se-jouent-des-autorites

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2021/12/09/
naufrage-dans-la-manche-
les-migrants-avaient-bien-appele-les-secours
_6105249_3224.html

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/portfolios/
pas-de-calais-
sur-les-traces-des-vestiges-laisses-par-les-exiles - November 10, 2021

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/071221/
trois-passeurs-ecopent-de-prison-ferme-
pour-des-traversees-de-la-manche-en-bande-organisee

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/261121/
dans-la-manche-les-traversees-de-tous-les-dangers

 

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/la-cimade/blog/251121/
tragedie-de-calais-retrouvons-d-urgence-notre-humanite

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/241121/
exiles-morts-dans-la-manche-le-naufrage-de-la-france

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/251121/
calais-la-nuit-des-corbillards

 

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/emnath/blog/241121/
horreur-et-honte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sauvetage        FR

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/241123/
dans-la-manche-
les-coulisses-terrifiantes-du-sauvetage-des-migrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cherbourg        FR

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/221022/
retourne-mourir-en-afghanistan-
cherbourg-
des-migrants-se-plaignent-du-traitement-qui-leur-est-inflige

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in British waters        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/13/
uk-coastguard-telling-refugees-in-british-waters-
to-contact-the-french

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in UK waters        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hastings        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/nov/30/
dont-bring-any-more-of-those-
people-try-to-stop-crew-going-out-to-sea-to-save-refugees-video

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/30/
hastings-small-boat-arrivals-tensions-east-sussex-town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France > Boulogne-sur-mer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

vessel        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-
after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-
in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

small boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/
rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

migrant small boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-
to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inflatable boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jul/15/
the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 boat’s tubes > be deflated        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in an inflatable boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

small boat > inflatable boat > rubber dinghy / dinghies        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/
father-of-girl-died-channel-family-feared-deported-iraq

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/
children-drown-channel-britain-ben-habib-reform-uk

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/28/
good-anti-sinking-capacity-lifejacket-optional-journey-of-a-refugee-boat

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/oct/22/
twenty-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on an inflatable dinghy        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/may/01/
father-of-girl-died-channel-family-feared-deported-iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in a dinghy        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in tiny boats        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/05/
channel-crossings-treacherous-journeys-refugees-landing-in-britain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

makeshift boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/
seven-year-old-girl-dies-
after-makeshift-boat-heading-to-uk-capsizes-in-france

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

refugee boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

boat > be overloaded        UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

adrift        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

onboard        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people in distress        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

people > be in the water        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

capsize = overturn        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/
seven-year-old-girl-dies-
after-makeshift-boat-heading-to-uk-capsizes-in-france

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/14/
migrants-die-trying-to-cross-channel-after-boat-overturns

 

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/
1059196420/31-people-are-dead-
after-a-migrant-boat-capsized-in-the-english-channel

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/
world/europe/migrants-boat-capsize-calais.html

 

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/2024/mar/03/
seven-year-old-girl-dies-after-makeshift-boat-heading-to-uk-capsizes-in-france

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/nov/26/
a-tragedy-in-the-channel

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drown        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/
children-drown-channel-britain-ben-habib-reform-uk

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/24/
relatives-of-27-who-drowned-in-channel-boat-sinking-demand-answers

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel drownings        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/25/
channel-drownings-uk-and-france-trade-accusations-after-tragedy-at-sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

noyades        FR

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/151223/
elle-voulait-juste-une-vie-meilleure-
mulu-30-ans-est-morte-noyee-en-tentant-de-traverser-la-manche

 

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/241123/
dans-la-manche-
les-coulisses-terrifiantes-du-sauvetage-des-migrants

 

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/les-invites-de-mediapart/blog/241123/
naufrage-du-24-novembre-2021-
pour-que-justice-soit-rendue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

die        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/14/
migrants-die-trying-to-cross-channel-after-boat-overturns

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

death        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/23/
humanitarian-groups-demand-safe-routes-to-uk-after-deaths-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/news/audio/2021/nov/26/
a-tragedy-in-the-channel

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rescue the shipwrecked people        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rescued castaways        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

search and rescue operation        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Channel rescue services        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rescue ships        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency,

HM Coastguard, RNLI, Royal Navy, Border Force        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HM Coastguard        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK coastguard        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/13/
uk-coastguard-telling-refugees-in-british-waters-to-contact-the-french

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Premar Manche        UK

- a French agency that monitors the Channel

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-
after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French navy        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-
incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French coastguards        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French coastguard patrol boat        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/14/
uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 pick people up        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/19/
uk-accused-of-abandoning-38-people-adrift-in-channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

movies > France > 'Welcome'        UK

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refugee Council        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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