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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Man dies trying to sail across English Channel, critics blast ‘deadly, costly' policies
A man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on board a boat while attempting to reach the UK , French authorities have confirmed. A boat attempting to reach English shores turned back towards Equihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning. When it arrived at the beach, a man was found on board in a state of cardiac arrest, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture told the PA news agency. Despite emergency services intervening at the scene, the man died soon after. Later on Saturday, a Royal National Lifeboat Institution boat carried a group of migrants who had made the voyage into the Port of Dover. Pictures taken by the PA news agency showed the migrants huddled under blankets and orange life jackets aboard the boat.
Telegraph
2 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Migrant dies trying to cross Channel
A man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on a boat trying to reach the UK, French authorities have confirmed. The boat turned back towards Équihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning. When it arrived at the beach, a man was found on board in cardiac arrest, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture told the PA news agency. Despite emergency services intervening at the scene, he died soon after. An investigation was under way to determine the circumstances of the man's death, the French authorities confirmed. According to Home Office provisional statistics, almost 24,000 people have arrived on small boats in the UK in 2025. Saturday's incident was the 11th migrant death in the Channel so far this year, after an unconscious woman was pulled from the water in May. She later died. The previous month, another migrant died as 51 survivors disembarked a Border Force vessel at Dover harbour on April 18. Figures from the UN's International Organisation for Migration estimate that some 82 migrants died or went missing attempting the crossing last year, making it the deadliest on record. It comes after it was revealed migrants could be housed in empty homes and properties bought by councils. The Government is proposing pilot schemes in which it could pay councils to buy or renovate property, which they would lease back to the Home Office, to house asylum seekers. Meanwhile, police braced for fresh protests against asylum hotels this weekend, following 16 arrests for violence at the Bell hotel in Epping, Essex. The violence followed anger over the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl by a 38-year-old migrant from Ethiopia. Some 32,000 asylum seekers are being housed in around 210 hotels, according to the latest Home Office data from March. This compares with just under 30,000 last June, days before Labour won the election, but down from the peak of 56,000 at 400 hotels in September 2023 at a cost of £9m a day.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Migrant dies after suffering cardiac arrest on small boat crossing the Channel to UK
A man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on board a migrant boat attempting to reach the UK. A boat heading for English shores turned back towards Equihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning following the medical emergency. When the boat arrived at the beach, a man was found on board in cardiac arrest, French authorities confirmed. Despite emergency services intervening at the scene, the man died soon after, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture said. According to UK Home Office provisional statistics, almost 24,000 people have arrived on small boats in the UK in 2025. An investigation is under way under the authority of the prosecutor to determine the circumstances of the man's death. It comes after US President Donald Trump told Europe it 'better get your act together' on immigration as he landed in Scotland last night. Mr Trump landed in the country on Friday evening for a four-day visit to both of his golf clubs in Aberdeen and Ayrshire. Asked about illegal immigration - which successive UK governments have sought to curb - Mr Trump said: 'On immigration, you better get your act together. You're not going to have Europe anymore, you've got to get your act together. 'As you know, last month we had nobody entering our country - nobody, (we) shut it down.' He added: 'You've got to stop this horrible invasion that's happening to Europe' add that immigration was 'killing Europe'. Trump's comments come after hundreds of protestors concerned about a controversial migrant hotel marched through Epping as police launched a huge operation to stop the event spilling over into violence.] Some European leaders, Trump continued, 'have not let it happen' and are 'not getting the proper credit they should', though the president did not say who he was talking about.
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
Migration: Man dies crossing English Channel
A man has died onboard a small boat attempting to reach the UK, French authorities have on the boat had been trying to cross the English Channel, but turned back towards Equihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning, the French authorities said. The man was having a cardiac arrest when the boat returned to French shores, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture died soon after, despite emergency services intervening at the scene. French authorities say an investigation is under way to determine the circumstances of his death. Almost 24,000 people have arrived on small boats in the UK in 2025, according to Home Office statistics. Many come from some of the poorest, most violent and chaotic parts of the world. A significant proportion are eventually granted asylum, meaning they have proven to the UK authorities they were forced to flee their home countries due to a well-founded fear of persecution.
The Independent
2 days ago
- The Independent
Man dies trying to cross English Channel to the UK
A man has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on board a boat attempting to reach the UK, French authorities have confirmed. A boat attempting to reach English shores turned back towards Equihen beach in northern France on Saturday morning. When the boat arrived at the beach, a man was found on board in cardiac arrest, the Pas-de-Calais department's sub-prefecture told the PA news agency. Despite emergency services intervening at the scene, the man died soon after. According to UK Home Office provisional statistics, almost 24,000 people have arrived on small boats in the UK in 2025. An investigation is under way under the authority of the prosecutor to determine the circumstances of the man's death, the French authorities confirmed.
