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FIVE DEAD on migrant boat trying to cross the Channel - as 'father saw daughter die before him'
Sky News ^ | April 23 | Sky News

Posted on 04/23/2024 10:40:04 AM PDT by RandFan

Five migrants including a child have died during an attempt to cross the English Channel in a small boat.

A seven-year-old girl, a woman and three men died in the incident off the coast of Wimereux in northern France, local official Jacques Billant said.

The French coastguard said there was a failed attempt to cross the Channel and there were several "lifeless bodies".

The tragedy came just hours after the UK government's controversial Rwanda bill - intended to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats - was passed.

Some 112 people were on board the overcrowded boat, Mr Billant said.

A total of 47 people were rescued, with four taken to hospital, while more than 50 others chose to continue on their journey, the official added.

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To: Jim Noble

SIGH.

I fear you are right.....


21 posted on 04/23/2024 12:34:36 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: RandFan

Good daddy. Left a life of work and faith for the land of grift and prostitution.


22 posted on 04/23/2024 12:40:37 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: pepsi_junkie

Play stupid games...


23 posted on 04/23/2024 1:04:47 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Jim Noble

Yes the comparison is fair.

The Conservatives have done little in 14 years in fact they’ve encouraged it. Similarly the GOP House has done little.

Both will get crushed because they have disenfranchised their voters and p*ssed off the middle of the road “independent” voter.

The irony is they will vote in the Left who are waiting in opposition. Hardly a solution.

It’s going to get worse before either someone rises among the ranks kind of like Thatcher (I dont see anyone apart from Nigel Farage) or a new party emerges.

I see nothing but political turmoil for years. At least if Donald Trump gets elected it will be interesting.


24 posted on 04/23/2024 1:23:59 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

*womp womp*


25 posted on 04/23/2024 1:56:51 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: RandFan

You killed her, Dad.


26 posted on 04/23/2024 3:37:38 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

Maybe don’t “migrate”.


27 posted on 04/24/2024 7:16:32 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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