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A vessel of the French Gendarmerie Nationale patrols in front of the Wimereux beach, France, September 4, 2024
THE government’s “smash the gangs” slogan and security-heavy approach is fuelling tragic and avoidable deaths in the Channel, campaigners warned on Sunday.
Eight people died while trying to cross the Channel overnight on Sunday, less than a fortnight after 12 others lost their lives making the same journey.
Some 53 people were on board the boat, which got into difficulty off the coast of Ambleteuse in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
