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Crime
Channel migrant dinghy in which five people died packed with people carrying weapons and fighting — survivor Eighteen-year-old Heivin was among the survivors when five migrants died during an attempt to cross the English Channel in a small boat.
(Sky News) The migrant dinghy in which five people died was chaotic, overloaded and packed with people carrying weapons and fighting, according to one of the passengers who was on board, speaking exclusively to Sky News. Heivin, 18, confirmed the boat was […]
Demonstrations
Islamist extremism ‘not being effectively tackled by government,’ warns reviewer of counter-terror scheme Prevent
(LBC) British people are being made less safe by the government’s failure to tackle Islamist extremism, an independent reviewer of its anti-extremism scheme has warned. William Shawcross, who recommended overhauling the Prevent programme to put more of a focus on Islamic extremism, […]
Immigration
EU border agency trials high-tech controls as Afghan fighting spreads
(Reuters) The EU’s border agency is trialling new high-tech surveillance equipment to detect migrant boats, just as rapid gains by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have raised the prospect of a surge in people fleeing to Europe. A balloon system equipped with cameras […]