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
In england and wales. That policy sees the proportion of sentences which some inmates must serve behind bars temporarily cut from 50 to A0 . But latest government figures suggest more than a quarter of prisoners will go on to reoffend within a year of being released. The problem is there are no guarantees that anybody who is released early will not reoffend, because weve got to do ourjob in our prisons of trying to rehabilitate people. We simply cannot do that if theyre used as Human Warehouses and were overcrowded. We must be given a chance to give people hope. The Ministry Ofjustice says it cannot comment on individual cases but insists that anyone who breaks their Licence Conditions upon release, or who commits further crimes, will be punished, and the government says without the early release scheme, police would not be able to make arrests and the courts would not be able to hold trials. The Prison Population in england and wales has dropped by more than 2,000 in a week following
There was no area of life untouched by the covid 19 pandemic at what impact did it have on those who risk their lives to save others . Thats the question being asked by the next stage of the covid public enquiry, known as module three, which begins today. It will examine how Healthcare Workers were impacted, looking at the issue of ppe, and masks and infection control, as well as the way that gps and the triple one helpline were used. It will also aim to shed light on the thorny issues of shielding for the most vulnerable, eternity services and end of life care, along with many other areas maternity. Inquiries started in june last year and looked at all aspects of the worst pandemic of modern times. This section is due to take ten weeks and will include 30,000 stories submitted by members of the public, said to be the largest Engagement Exercise ever undertaken by a uk public enquiry. It will also hearfrom about 50 in person witnesses. But there has been concern raised by one leading g