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 routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that they have developed notjust with albania but upstream
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
EIght people have drowned whIle tryIng to cross the channel from france to england. TheIr Rubber Boat was overloaded, wIth more than 50 people On Board IncludIng erItreans, sudanese, syrIans and IranIans. It comes as SIr KeIr Starmer heads off to Italy to meet hIs ItalIan counterpart, gIorgIa melonI, tomorrow. The two leaders are expected to dIscuss Illegal mIgratIon, and to see what lessons can be learned from Italys Scheme of sendIng mIgrants to albanIa. So far thIs year 45 people have dIed tryIng to make the journey across the channel. Thats the hIghest number sInce 2021 and nearly four tImes last years fIgure. The boat got Into dIffIcultIes off the french town of ambleteuse and was drIven onto rocks where It came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort dIffIcult. SImonjones has the latest. The channel has claImed more lIves. ThIs Is what remaIns of the FlImsy DInghy that took to the water In the early hours wIth the aIm of gettIng to the uk. Most of those On Board had
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. Including the eight latest victims, 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 was open to using similar schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and