A flotilla of boats crossing the Channel to mark the 85th anniversary of the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk was forced to divert so that Border Force could escort a migrant boat coming the other way.

A person has died after a small "overloaded" boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel, French authorities have said. A total of 62 people were rescued from the water after the boat ...

A migrant has died in a boat blaze that also left seven injured as they tried to cross the English Channel. Around 60 men, women and children had to be rescued off the coast of northern France ...

Two migrants have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a boat packed with almost 80 people. The French coastguard said two asylum seekers were recovered from the water unconscious.

Two people have died after falling unconscious on a boat trying to cross the English Channel, the French coastguard has said. An emergency operation was launched to help the two people and 10 ...

An irregular migrant died and 61 others were rescued after their boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel, French media reported Monday morning. The irregular migrant died when the ...

One person has died and 61 others have been rescued after an overloaded migrant boat disintegrated in the English Channel during an attempted crossing overnight, according to French maritime ...

Two migrants have died trying to cross the English Channel overnight, the French coastguard has said. A rescue operation was launched after the pair became unconscious on a boat carrying nearly 80 ...

PARIS (Reuters) -One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer got into difficulties, said the French local authority responsible for ...

Last year, 78 migrants died trying to reach England via this method. In April, a migrant has died trying to cross the English Channel just days after the highest number of arrivals in a single day ...

The Maritime Prefect of the Channel and the North Sea reported that the “overloaded boat” carrying dozens of migrants disintegrated in the water, prompting a large-scale rescue operation.