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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, onboard the Ramsgate Lifeboat (top) and the Dover Lifeboat (bottom) following a small boat incident in the Channel, August 10, 2023
LABOUR was urged today to allow refugees to claim asylum from France after at least six men drowned trying to cross the English Channel in a small boat.
The party was told to distinguish itself from the Tories’ “inhumanity” towards migrants after it emerged the casualties were among 509 people who attempted the perilous crossing in 10 boats on Saturday.
French authorities said children were among more than 60 on board when their vessel sank in worsening conditions off the coast of Sangatte, killing six Afghan men in their 30s.
A recent Immigration Summit heard from Lord Alf Dubs, who fled the Nazis to Britain as a child. JAYDEE SEAFORTH reports on his message that we need to increase public empathy with desperate people seeking asylum
RNLI confirms death following medical emergency
