The British Government has authorised the Border Force to turn back small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel from france. It marks a new approach by the Home Secretary, priti patel. Up to this point, migrants found in English Waters have been brought back to the Uk Mainland to be processed. She has also threatened to withold £54 mllion of funding which the uk pays to france to patrol their side of the channel. The french Interior Minister said his country would not be blackmailed and uk plans to return boats were in breach of maritime law. This is the English Channel, the stretch of water separating the uk from the continent. In the past week alone, over 1500 people have crossed on small boats and dinghies. That brings the total making the journey so far this year to 12,500, far surpassing last Years Total of almost 8500. While the uk continues to see far fewer arrivals and Asylum Claims than many of its european counterparts, the numbers are increasing. There are even
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Weekend Construction (March 12-15): Freeway closures in north and east Valley
There are a few road closures and construction projects taking place this weekend on the Valley freeways.
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PHOENIX â There are scheduled freeway closures or restrictions for improvement projects in the north Valley and east Valley this weekend, March 12-15, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Eastbound Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) closed between I-17 and Seventh Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (March 15) for widening project (pavement diamond grinding). North- and southbound I-17 ramps to eastbound Loop 101 closed. Eastbound Loop 101 ramps to I-17 (both directions) will remain open. Eastbound Loop 101 on-ramp at 27th Avenue closed.