{"id":9355,"date":"2024-04-23T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9355"},"modified":"2024-04-23T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T15:00:16","slug":"migrants-drown-in-english-channel-hours-after-uk-passes-rwanda-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9355","title":{"rendered":"Migrants drown in English Channel hours after UK passes Rwanda policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five migrants, including a child, died in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat on Tuesday, hours after Britain passed a bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in a move to deter the dangerous journeys.<br \/>\nThe deaths occurred when a boat carrying 112 people set out to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and panic took hold among the passengers not far from the shore.<br \/>\nRescuers picked up 49 people, with four taken to hospital, but others stayed on the boat, determined to get to Britain.<br \/>\nThe French coastguard was still searching for any survivors.<br \/>\n\u201cA tragedy occurred on a boat overloaded with migrants early this morning. We deplore the deaths of five people, a seven-year-old girl, a woman and three men,\u201d local prefect Jacques Billant told reporters.<br \/>\n\u201cThe engine stopped a few hundred meters away from the shore and several people fell into the water,\u201d Billant said.<br \/>\nThe coastguard said 58 people had stayed on board.<br \/>\n\u201cThey did not want to be rescued, they managed to restart the engine and headed towards Britain,\u201d Billant said.<br \/>\nThe boat had left from Wimereux, about 32 km (20 miles) southwest of the French port of Calais.<br \/>\nMore than 6,000 people have arrived in Britain this year via small, overloaded boats \u2013 usually flimsy inflatable dinghies \u2013 that risk being lashed by the waves as they try to reach British shores.<br \/>\nTens of thousands have made the journey since 2018, and Britain has responded by spending two years trying to overcome opposition to a divisive policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda which it hopes will deter people from making the crossings.<br \/>\n<strong>FURTHER CHALLENGES<\/strong><br \/>\nThe British parliament finally passed legislation overnight to allow the deportations and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he expects the first flights to take off in 10 to 12 weeks, giving time for further legal challenges from charities, campaigners and unions.<br \/>\nHuman rights groups and other critics say the policy is inhumane but Sunak told reporters on Tuesday that the government was acting out of compassion, wanting to prevent people smugglers from pushing vulnerable people out to sea.<br \/>\n\u201cThey are packing more and more people into these unseaworthy dinghies, you\u2019ve seen an enormous increase in the numbers over the past few years,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is what tragically happens.\u201d<br \/>\nSeveral British border force boats were seen arriving in Dover, southern England, on Tuesday, carrying large groups of migrants.<br \/>\nA Reuters witness estimated that around 200 people believed to be migrants disembarked at Dover \u2013 about 42 km (26 miles) across the water from Calais \u2013 on Tuesday.<br \/>\nIt was not clear if the migrants on the boat involved in the Wimereux incident were among them.<br \/>\nUnder the Rwanda scheme, anyone arriving illegally in Britain after Jan. 1, 2022 will be sent to Rwanda, some 6,400 km (4,000 miles) away. More than 50,000 people have arrived since that date, according to official figures.<br \/>\nCampaigners said deterrence policies simply would not work.<br \/>\n\u201cI know that when you\u2019re running for your life, not even the risk of death can stop you trying to reach safety,\u201d said Kolbassia Haoussou from the British-based Freedom from Torture group.<br \/>\nThe mayor of Wimereux, Jean-Luc Dubaele, said migrants could still get jobs in Britain, which made it an attractive destination regardless.<br \/>\n\u201cThe English are responsible for the situation,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe first deportation flight to Rwanda in June 2022 was blocked by European judges. Britain\u2019s Supreme Court then upheld a ruling that the scheme was unlawful because migrants were at risk of being sent back to their homelands or to other countries where they would be at risk of mistreatment.<br \/>\n(Reuters)Boat. migrants, English Channel, dangerous journeys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five migrants, including a child, died while attempting to cross the English Channel from France to Britain in an overcrowded small boat. 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