{"id":51733,"date":"2022-12-14T21:09:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=51733"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:14:31","slug":"more-migrant-deaths-in-the-english-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/more-migrant-deaths-in-the-english-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"More migrant deaths in the English Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It has been reported that four people have died today just after 3 AM when water started filling a migrant boat in the English Channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-63968941\">The BBC reports<\/a> that the deaths follow just one day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would be implementing new measures early next year to stop migrant boats from crossing the Channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A large search-and-rescue operation was conducted by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/dec\/14\/uk-coastguard-responds-to-small-boat-incident-in-channel-search-and-rescue\"> HM Coastguard<\/a> after officials received a distress call at 3 AM from off the coast of Kent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst 4 died, 43 were rescued, and over 30 of the 43 were rescued out of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident follows controversy surrounding Home Secretary Suella Braverman&#8217;s plans to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-63975279\"> implement new laws<\/a> that would make it illegal for migrants to cross the Channel and seek asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braverman claimed that the four deaths were a clear example of why the crossings must be stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, when previously questioned by the Home Affairs Select Committee on how migrants that weren&#8217;t of<a href=\"https:\/\/lordslibrary.parliament.uk\/refugees-and-asylum-seekers-uk-policy\/\"> nationalities of the official schemes<\/a> (see 2.4) provided by HM Government should enter the UK, Braverman essentially suggested that they would have to enter illegally. Afterwards, they should &#8220;put in an application for asylum on arrival&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every person who dies in the Channel is a CHOICE made by the Tories!<br><br>Home Secretary Suella Braverman LITERALLY says illegal immigration is the way to claim asylum in the UK because they haven&#39;t provided safe and legal routes! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYKJGDSQPH\">pic.twitter.com\/wYKJGDSQPH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Femi (@Femi_FPolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Femi_FPolitics\/status\/1602988807447527427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Braverman and the Conservative Party have also come under pressure to ignore the rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that state that the Rwanda relocation scheme is a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-62798632\"> human rights violation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, 69 Tory backbenchers voted to push the bill ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous failings of the Tories to provide safe and adequate asylum-seeking routes for migrants were seen last month at the<a href=\"https:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/asylum-seekers-cleared-from-inhuman-reality-in-kent-centre\/\"> Manston Migrant processing centre.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Nadya Salie | Subbing: Andrea Rezman<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been reported that four people have died today just after 3 AM when water started filling a migrant boat in the English Channel. 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