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Campaigners call for safe routes after four people drown crossing English Channel
A group of Kurdish people on the beach of Ambleteuse, northern France, May 19, 2024

CAMPAIGNERS have urged the government to save lives by dismantling Britain’s militarised borders and creating safe routes for all.

At least four people died in the English Channel this morning after their boat capsized off the northern French coast.

The French coast guard picked up 63 people near Boulogne-sur-Mer.

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