Officials in Calais said the dinghy was a “taxi-boat”, a type of small boat used along the northern French and Belgian coastlines to pick up migrants from just offshore. It comes amid a row between ...

More than 6,000 people crossed the Channel so far this year, 36% below the total for the same time last year ...

French authorities says two men and two women were swept away by currents as they tried to board a 'taxi boat' ...

Four people died after a small boat carrying migrants seeking to reach Britain sank in the Channel and a search and rescue operation was underway, French local authorities said on Thursday. "A ...

Two migrants have died after their boat sank off the French coast overnight, while hundreds of others attempt to reach the UK ...

PARIS, May 3 (Reuters) - Two women died after a boat carrying about 80 migrants trying to cross to Britain from France capsized near Calais, the local French administration said on Sunday. "We regret ...

A small boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel has run aground on a beach in northern France, leaving two dead and 16 injured ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Sudanese man faces charges under a new British law after the boat he allegedly piloted left four migrants dead ...

PARIS, April 9 (Reuters) - Four people ‌died after a group of migrants attempted to board an inflatable dinghy and cross the Channel from France to Britain, prompting a rescue operation off the coast ...