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Family of Woman Who Plunged to Her Death Off Drawbridge Sues Demanding Changes in Safety Procedures

March 29, 2022
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By Eileen Kelley From South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Drawbridge tender Artiussa Paulk tried to “hijack the truth,” creating a false narrative when she told police blame falls squarely on Carol Wright, the woman who in February plunged to her death after Paulk opened the drawbridge she was crossing, Wright’s family attorney said. But police…

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English Channel Crossings Topped 28,500 in 2021, Official Figures Reveal

February 24, 2022
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Some 28,526 people arrived illegally in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats last year, according to official figures released for the first time. The Home Office published statistics measuring irregular migration for the first time on Thursday, which confirmed the Government’s official recorded annual totals. The data reveals the total for…

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UK Home Office Tells Councils to Find Accommodation for Channel Crossing Children

November 23, 2021
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The British Home Office is to write to councils urging them to take children who have arrived illegally in the UK without any parents or guardians. A voluntary scheme is now going to be compulsory, meaning youngsters being looked after by authorities on England’s south coast will be moved to other parts of the country….

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Channel Crossings Surge as Smugglers Take Advantage of UK Heatwave

September 7, 2021
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Boats ferrying immigrants across the English Channel have once again risen towards record numbers, as traffickers take advantage of the heatwave currently embracing the UK. Eye witnesses reported boats continuing to arriving in Dover on Tuesday, the day after some 750 arrived in small boats from France, according to PA estimates. If confirmed, that would…

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Record Numbers of Migrants Cross English Channel in Small Boats

July 1, 2021
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Record numbers of people are running the gauntlet of the English Channel in small boats and rubber dinghies, with nearly 6,000 breaking immigration law to reach the UK in the last six months. The uptick comes despite Home Secretary Priti Patel’s vows to make crossing what is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes “unviable” for…

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