The national Crime Agency actually looking at the awful sort of Rubber Dinghies that people are coming across the channel with. Many of them of course not able to make it in these contraptions, discussing these contra ptions, discussing how these contraptions, discussing how we go after those gangs in cooperation upstream with other European Partners and i know the Prime Minister will be in italy tomorrow with prime Minister Maloney discussing theseissues Minister Maloney discussing these issues and the work they have done particularly with albania. , have done particularly with albania. ,. ,~ albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg albania. David lammy speaking to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. Albania. David lammy speaking| to Laura Kuenssberg earlier. We will be speaking to the ceo of the Refugee Council a little later in the programme. Lets speak to enver solomon, ceo of the Refugee Council. We can speak to him right now. Hello to you. Its just another sad day, isnt it . Anoth
Its here on this beach, near the town of ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. A total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are route
Of ambleteuse and was driven Onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. Just yesterday alOne, around 800 migrants crossed the channel On 14 boats. For the very latest, lets cross live to our reporter SimOnjOnes Whojoins us from the french side of the channel. What more urban learning about yesterdays tragic events . This haened yesterdays tragic events . This happened in yesterdays tragic events . This happened in the yesterdays tragic events . Ti 3 happened in the very airy hours of this morning, just after midnight french time. A dangerously overloaded boats carrying around 60 people set off from the beach near here, and it actually didnt get very far. Because it ended up On the rocks, and they boats effectively broke up. Of the people On board, eight people lost their lives, the others were rescued. Some needed treatment here On the quayside, and some people were taken to hospital, including a ten mOnth old girl with hypothermia. And we