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Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Labour event on small boats - high res
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks at an event in Dover where the party discuss people-smuggling and small boats. Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in...
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Migrants arrive in Dover after being rescued in the English Channel
People thought to be migrants arrive in Dover after being rescued in the English Channel.
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First migrants crossing the English Channel in 2024 arrive in Dover
Migrants crossing the English Channel have been reported for the first time in 2024. They are the first recorded since December 16, according to Home Office figures, with poor weather conditions potentially contributing to the lack of...
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Nine boats carrying 537 people intercepted crossing English Channel
Nine boats have been intercepted carrying a total of 537 migrants crossing the English Channel, according to the latest Home Office figures. The crossings on Saturday bring the total for the year to 24,830, which is down on last year’s...
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Mission to detect shipwrecks lost during the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk
Historic England’s Head of Marine Heritage Strategy Antony Firth speaks as researchers are launching a mission to detect and identify undiscovered shipwrecks lost during the rescue of Allied troops from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo in...
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Highest number of small boat migrant crossings in single day of 2023 recorded
More than 800 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday, the highest number on a single day so far this year. Some 872 people crossed on 15 small vessels, according to the latest provisional Government data.
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Six dead and more than 50 rescued after boat carrying migrants sinks in Channel
At least six people have died and more than 50 rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank in the Channel, French authorities have said. Two British ships and several French vessels have been involved in a search and rescue operation,...
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Channel crossings: 100,000 since 2018 and new daily record set for 2023
Migrant crossings reached the highest number in a single day for the year so far as figures confirmed over 100,000 people have made the journey in the past five years. Since current records began on January 1 2018, 100,715 migrants have...
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Channel crossings reach highest daily total in 2023 so far
More than 600 people crossed the English Channel in small boats in the highest number on a single day so far this year, new figures show. Some 616 people were detected on Sunday, according to Home Office figures released on Monday,...
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Prime Minister claims 'stop the boats' plan is working as he announces new barges for migrants
Rishi Sunak said his plan to tackle small boats crossing the English Channel is working, but there is 'work to do', as he announced two more barges to house asylum seekers. The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing were...
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Hundreds protest against Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square
Demonstrators protest against the Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament Square, London. The controversial legislation designed to put a stop to migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats returns to the House of Commons for its...
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The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
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The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
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AERIAL, Pier and waterfront houses, Cancale, Brittany, France
AERIAL, Pier and waterfront houses, Cancale, Brittany, France
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AERIAL, Arromanches and Mulberry harbour, Normandy, France
AERIAL, Arromanches and Mulberry harbour, Normandy, France
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Nazi Germany invades Poland, Allies declare war
Aerial views of burning buildings in Danzig after German invasion / citizens in streets helping out after bombing of Warsaw, people in street with belongings / England and France prepare for war with Germany, troops and huge guns heading...
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Flight Across Kingsbridge Estuary
The Kingsbridge Estuary (also known as the 'Salcombe Estuary') is located in the South Hams area of Devon, England, running from Kingsbridge in the north to its mouth at the English Channel near Salcombe. The estuary is popular with...
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Penly Nuclear Power Plant
The Penly Nuclear power station is found some northeast of Dieppe. It lies on the border of two French municipalities: Penly and Saint-Martin-en-Campagne in the d’©partement of Seine-Maritime, Normandy, on the English Channel coast. It...
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The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
The Seine River is an important commercial waterway in the north of France.
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MS, Family with two children (10-11, 12-13) playing on Brighton beach, rear view, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
MS, Family with two children (10-11, 12-13) playing on Brighton beach, rear view, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
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MS, Family with two children (10-11, 12-13) playing on Brighton beach, rear view, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
MS, Family with two children (10-11, 12-13) playing on Brighton beach, rear view, Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
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European City Lights viewed from space
/ views of city lights over Europe as seen from the International Space Station / passes over Ireland and the United Kingdom, with the Aurora Borealis shining to the north / pass over the English Channel, bright lights of Paris / pass...
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Ferries Cross The Channel From Calais
Extreme Long Shot, the view from a 'DFDS Seaways' cross-channel ferry as it travels from the port of Calais to Dover on October 30, 2013 in Calais, France.(Footage by: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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Ferries Cross The Channel From Calais
Long Shot, a 'DFDS Seaways' cross-channel ferry arrives in the port of Dover on October 30, 2013 in Dover, England.(Footage by: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)