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British Home Secretary Priti Patel has urged the British public to be 'alert but not alarmed'.
At least four people died when the boat sank off the coast of Dunkirk on Tuesday.
Two children among four dead after migrant vessel capsizes
One man drowned when the boat sank, while a woman and two children aged five and eight died after they were pulled from the water alive with 14 other people.
Plans to 'offshore migrant problem' stoop to new low
Comment: The UK appears to be taking lessons from Australia in mistreating migrants, with the idea of an offshore asylum processing centre on ...
Egypt fears worst for lost locals going to Europe
Concerns over a group of 15 men that set off toward Europe have increased in Egypt.
Priti Patel considered sending migrants to South Atlantic: report
The idea has been slammed by the UK's official opposition party as 'inhumane'.
Opposing a migrant camp for all the wrong reasons
Comment: Opposition to migrant camps must be rooted in human rights concerns, not hatred and xenophobia, writes Malia Bouattia.
UK rules alleged IS members can face US trial
A British court has dismissed a challenge by the mother of an alleged IS member, paving the way for a pair of so-called 'Beatles' militants to ...
UK to open first 'migrant camp' in Kent
The UK Home Office has been criticised over plans to house some 400 asylum seekers in disused army barracks near the south coast while their ...
US closer to prosecuting 'IS Beatles' after UK ruling
The British IS militants could soon be tried in the US.
France and UK play blame game over migrant deaths
Comment: A racist Tory government is doing everything it can to worsen conditions for asylum seekers and refugees. This death is on their hands, ...
Teenage Sudanese boy found on French shore after drowning
A 16-year-old Sudanese teenager who apparently was trying to reach Britain by sea was found washed up on a French beach.
Priti Patel's toxic xenophobia is the real enemy
Comment: The Home Secretary's spectacular lack of humanity towards migrants is obscuring the very real damage her government is doing to the ...
France rescues 33 migrants heading for England
French maritime patrol say it acted "on several reports of small boats of migrants in difficulty in the straights" off Calais
UK angry at 'unacceptably high' Channel migrant numbers
British interior minister Priti Patel deplored the number of migrants crossing into the UK from France.
Twitter under fire in UK over rapper's anti-Semitic posts
Twitter on faced a temporary boycott by some critics in Britain and a backlash from the government over its handling of a series of anti-Semitic posts by a high-profile rapper.
Charity slams UK 'inaction' on orphans stranded in Syria
The UK government has reportedly rebuffed demands for information on when stranded children will be repatriated.
Calls for UK to halt deportation of Sudanese child
More than 300 lawyers, MPs and other prominent figures have signed a petition to see Jasmine, 11, stay in the UK.
Three people reportedly killed in UK stabbing incident
Three people have been killed in a stabbing incident in the city of Glasgow in Scotland, according to preliminary media reports, and the suspect ...
Reading stabbings declared a terrorist attack by UK police
The Thames Valley police said three people were also seriously injured and a 25-year-old suspect from the historic town 60 kilometres (35 miles) ...
UK slave trader's statue toppled in anti-racism protests
British protesters tore down the statue of a renowned slave trader and threw it in the harbour on the second day of weekend protests against ...
UK scraps controversial bereavement decision after Syrian refugee's plea
Families of hospital porters, cleaners and social care staff will now be able to remain in the UK indefinitely if their relative working in the ...
UK's coronavirus response forces most vulnerable to shoulder burden
Comment: UK communities of colour are propping up the stay-at-home privileged class, and putting themselves at risk in the process, writes Malia ...
Help us fight coronavirus, but don't expect to stay
Comment: After years of anti-migrant legislation, the US and UK are calling on foreign medics, but denying them the rights they deserve, writes ...
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