Suspects arrested after migrants drown crossing English Channel - BBC News

Four people have been arrested and charged with manslaughter in France after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel.
Six men drowned when the boat went down near Calais, as they attempted to reach the UK. More than 50 other people were rescued by French and British coastguards. Most of those on board are believed to have been from Afghanistan.
Rescue workers said it was the seventh time that week that they had pulled people from the water. At least two of those detained are reported to have links to human trafficking networks.
The English Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. More than 17,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel in small boats.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Symonds.
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[@amc8241]

To stop the boats stop the benefits and accommodation provision in hotels

[@robertoschiavone1899]

France is a safe country

[@olivere5497]

They know the french are close to breaking point.

[@sebastianguerre6868]

They wouldn't even travel to France if they thought that when they got to the UK they would be sent back to France because France is a safe country. People will say no it's not but it is by international standards. I've been to France many times and I've never thought that it was particularly more dangerous than England.

[@CriticalTheoryIsNonsense]

Yes it is, just like the other European countries they pass through. We all know this isn't about safety though.

[@Smellybridge99]

@@user-bo8ry9gu8z Why not try and better yourself instead of complaining? So where are you now? In France?

[@guston07]

UK migrants, UK problem

[@user-xm3my1vz3o]

Dont care about the lives lost im all for our lives being safe

[@graveperil2169]

so they know who the criminals are but only take action after people die

[@RollcageHiggins-uf9nm]

They only take action against people who protest about the destruction of our country

[@Cheese_Boi1986]

Public need to take matters in their own hands

[@barryhill1044]

Are you telling me that not one of the 100,000 arrivals have ever spilt the beans on how they contact the head smugglers or who they are ?

[@Elixir9]

you really believe they cant find out with all the surveillance and technology they can't stop all this s*it

[@Sabina-lo8fv]

How inconsiderate of people putting their kids lives in danger!!!! This is just them getting free healthcare money and housing from this country. What about those who are sleeping on the streets here. By gods good grace hope these people don’t reach here. We have had enough!!!!!!!

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

stop the handouts and the boats will stop ... instantly!

[@jhawkins8264]

@Daisy-tl2lh - Or at least the deluge in boat numbers will decrease.

[@ashrafulrabbi]

Send these migrants to Mr Tony Blair's home. He will accommodate them. They know who is responsible for the war in their country!!

[@bollocks5724]

Hire me and give me a sniper rifel and you wont see any boats coming in 😂

[@indigenousnorwegianeuropa4145]

*The ocean gives the ocean takes* An old Norwegian saying🫵

[@pedojoegottagoimmediately1068]

Hopefully it keeps up the taking

[@AhmedMehmed-is7jj]

​@@pedojoegottagoimmediately1068you can't stop this Britain made all the wars and dictated their economy with oppression now you are getting what you did and in in time they will replace you he will make family with 5 children you will keep a dog and in a natural way you will be replaced the old people will pass a way and then another Muslim state will be born hugs and kisses

[@PhukYougoogle-vx2qm]

They’ll just get a £2.50 fine payable over 20 years and be back out doing exactly the same thing‼️

[@LordBikealot]

The UK is a small island. They give benefits. That's why Uk is more beneficial. But, THE UK IS FULL ALREADY! About time the government processed the backlog of claims and guarded the channel and beaches more. But that would cost more money, and all thise MP's have ruined the country through poor decision making for the last 50 years. Well done MP's! Another fine mess you've put us in...Bravo 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@tothepoint4080]

Also british has a history of stealing and looting other countries

[@flyinghigh2701]

Full already? Even if we were empty these pillagers wouldn't have a right to reside here.

[@corndoggydogdog]

Fleeing gun attacks in Iraq, risking their lives to get to England presumably to join their family. With no safe and legal route available. You say they risk there life crossing the channel not to escape gun fire, but to claim benefits... That's pretty narrow minded.

[@katos4942]

@@corndoggydogdogoh, look at the map please. There are plenty of safe countries closer, than UK.

[@corndoggydogdog]

@@katos4942 NO SAFE AND LEGAL ROUTE. If all your family were in Austalia, wouldn't you want to join them? Wouldn't you risk everything for that? Stop condoning the genecide of a group of people just because they're unlucky enough to be fleeing persecution or war.

[@rafski-travels-1984]

Why don’t these young men fight for their country and fight for justice, Europeans did that, we fought our corruption and tyranny.

[@jasonbourne7499]

The French Government are responsible for allowing them to make the journey

[@curtsk19]

The UK is responsible, sometimes virtue signaling has the opposite effect. As long as there's benefits and rewards, people will be willing to take the risk

[@toohuman24]

UK is not responsible, they chose to try to enter illegally, they chose this fate, the responsibility for these people lies with themselves wnd their own governments

[@godschild3640]

@@toohuman24 we 🩸don’t 🩸want to 🩸be murdered🩸. That’s🩸 why🩸 they 🩸are coming for war. 🩸. ALL MEN FIGHTERS ..

[@godschild3640]

@@toohuman24 JEFFERY BRADAC … New Yorkers getting pounded by illegal food cartels .. add Venezuela code for civil war against America. That’s 😡what😡 this is about😡 a war. 😡

[@godschild3640]

@@toohuman24 ALL DISEASES ARE ACTIVE , soon everywhere they go they will kill millions and the diseases did they carry can kill humans and animals but we’re not allowed to put up the list😡

[@godschild3640]

@@toohuman24. THE 😡LOCUST 😡ARMY 😡IN REFUGEES 😡

[@locus_ab_modus]

its not working

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

SO THEY'VE FINALLY ARRESTED THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES FOR LETTING THEM IN THE CHANNEL ❤

[@user-ig5sv4wp9b]

😂😅😊 you have a wicked sense of humour. 🤪😜😝

[@guston07]

UK migrants, UK problem

[@waynep040]

Amazing the bbc can’t move without getting caught by police, yet there’s clearly no shortage of boat fulls of 60 or more who manage to evade them 😂

[@holmhelena]

But you don’t have to go to UK to be safe, lady, or anywhere else in Europe for that matter. There are plenty of countries where you can feel safe and much closer to your own country. Let’s just stop with this nonsense. They come here for the money, period. There’s just so much simpathy we can have. We had enough. The whole Europe had enough.

[@Roytulin]

Someone is delusional as to our wealth 😆 if it was about money, they’d be in Andorra. I assert further that for your incorrect referral to a full stop indicates clearly that you are a foreign agent acting to influence our politics.

[@sophieboisvert2886]

Right exactly right. Those people use us it’s crazy and they will have a whole bunch of kids and practice their evil religion and turn uk into a trash country

[@holmhelena]

@@user-bo8ry9gu8z She’s a liar, an opportunist and on top of it, she is breaking the law. Yes, she’s a real gem, you should invite her to live with you since you are such a fan. I’m sure you have enough space for her and few others and enough money to feed them all.

[@holmhelena]

@@Roytulin Yes, you got me, I’m a foreign agent. I get paid to talk to idiots like you all day, every day.

[@Dani-El.]

It's more about the controlled destruction of our society. This can't be achieved if they were all in France / Germany. They need to be shipped to every European country (apart from the ones with strong leadership who refuse to participate).

[@pinklady7184]

Migrants passed through 10 safe countries before reaching UK. They didn't stop at each of those safe countries.

[@Tayloradrift]

Lots of them are running away from Eu countries where their claims have been refused or they are fleeing the Police

[@sskunky6934]

They are fleeing gun attacks in Iraq and they are in France? What range do these guns have?

[@TomNook.]

They only arrest them AFTER people have died, AFTER the boats have been sent

[@dbm88]

Fleeing violence but still trying to travel to the UK after reaching France? Ridiculous

[@tedtedtedtedted]

were any of them french police ?

[@oscare.quiros6349]

Over population growth rate in Africa is one of the biggest problems. That issue myst be addressed.

[@adrianlouw2499]

2000 Euros for a boat crossing instead of a bus, plane or train ticket...is it the whole legal point of entry thing?

[@jonerlandson1956]

*_is the earth overpopulated?..._*_ Yes, for two main reasons. First, people are rapidly displacing wildlife species across the globe, initiating a mass extinction event. Second, we are degrading ecosystems that provide essential, irreplaceable environmental services that future generations will need to live decent lives._

[@andyetheridge]

3:11 “shooting my kids in front of my house” What utter 80llocks!

[@chickadddee]

Listen up people from the South, the days of finding refuge in a country in the North are over! There are no jobs, no educational programs and no handouts, and nowhere to live. No one has organized the complex support you would need. You’ll end up cold, living on the streets, displaced, angry, hungry, with no future, no money, and far away from loved ones. Truth. The UK is a mess. America is a mess. Canada not far behind, France too. Look what happened in Sweden. Every country has to start producing their own goods and growing their own food instead of selling it all. Stop having so many children. Make the place you live in the best it can be- and if you have to move, don’t move far - stay close to family, find a way to survive that’s better than yesterday. Either way it’s not easy, but risking your lives like this is not the answer.

[@Viewer-discretion-is-advised7]

Stop having children? There is currently a demographic time bomb across Europe people are not having enough kids and starting a family the birth rate is below replacement that might have something to do with why immagration is so high and the government is actively repkaceing us with North African and Middle Eastern people who have a far different culture and belief system to you and I. In truth Europeans need to be having more children and starting more familys and we need a reduction in African and Middle Eastern birth rates as they are what are out of control.

[@chickadddee]

@@Viewer-discretion-is-advised7 I understand that theory, and that has been a popular one, but I am speaking on a global level only which is the only way to view this, as the populations in the northern and southern hemispheres affect global issues equally - but in disparate ways. There needs to be a slow down in families having 3, 4 + kids, whether or not they are white, taupe, olive, brown or black. In Europe and in N. America we may not be having as many kids as we used to and/or compared to family size in other cultures, but we still use way more resources, which are dwindling nonetheless. That is my pov.

[@grumpy_grimalkin]

Why no Coadt Guard Patrol boats to "deter" them from crossing over by turning them back or arresting them and dropping them back to the beach of France again... 🙄

[@markmeadows3485]

They should send them all back arresting one doesnt solve the problem this island of ours is overcrowded our infrastructure can't cope we need a real leader to stand up and say enough is enough send them all back.

[@_ArsNova]

Why are these people just freely roaming France and being casually interviewed?? Arrest and deport them immediately.

[@jhawkins8264]

@arsnove - Agree! I find it offensive to see illegals, all well-dressed and sitting around comfortably and idly in groups at the French coast, charging up their cell phones to contact buddies awaiting them, also awaiting government freebies in too- tolerant UK! 2,000 a DAY attempting to get in? It's insane! Great Britain is a TINY island, already bulging at the seams with too-high population density. Please redirect these illegals e.g. to Canada - a huge empty country with space for millions of new incomers. Illegals head to bleeding-heart UK because it offers them the best conditions and handouts, and they know it. UK government needs to put the needs of its own citizens FIRST - too many are struggling financially - before financing endless thousands of illegal immigrants with their strange and casual "entitlement" attitudes toward the UK Sorry, we do not owe them ANYTHING - and we have taken in very many already.

[@aLittlebullet]

We need to act because our useless politicians don't

[@Dani-El.]

Tom Symonds: "What's the government doing to achieve that aim? Well it's made using small boats to cross the channel illegally illegal..." Anyone ever get the feeling they're watching a new Chris Morris masterpiece?

[@tedtedtedtedted]

it's like watching a labour annual conference

[@godschild3640]

@@tedtedtedtedtedITS REALLY A CIVIL WAR ,, before any word, there must be an invasion right and these are all men fighters

[@thetruthful8388]

Sack BBC presenter Stephen Nolan

[@greentroll9326]

stop the french fishing in our waters till the boats are stopped

[@sosammathomas1525]

These people are crazy to take danger.

[@jieli3313]

The double standards of the Chinese government are very ridiculous! Let Taiwanese people shout slogans on the streets! But don't let mainland people shout slogans on the streets!

[@martagoodrich4912]

I am grateful today I am not that desperate Love to all and the desperate ones

[@locus_ab_modus]

the ethiopian and his doings have people upset

[@olivere5497]

Those poor boat people who drowned! Oh no! What will we do without them?!

[@tothepoint4080]

Same like u did before, looting and stealing from other countries

[@RollcageHiggins-uf9nm]

Most doctors dont come in dinghys

[@Viewer-discretion-is-advised7]

Less dependents to pay for

[@olivere5497]

@@RollcageHiggins-uf9nm i like it when my doctor is invited!

[@AhmedMehmed-is7jj]

Britain will be Muslim state

[@boutek]

Boat 3 meters long with 70 people on it? Sure.😂

[@Bungle-UK]

We should arrest the people illegally entering the country, not reward them with an extended stay at a luxury hotel.

[@corndoggydogdog]

That would make sense IF there were legal routes for them to arrive here.

[@Bungle-UK]

@@corndoggydogdog IF there aren’t legal routes then they shouldn’t just turn up illegally. It’s like saying I don’t like that rule so I’ll just break it. It’s should be our choice who we do and don’t admit.

[@corndoggydogdog]

@@Bungle-UK Some of 'them' speak English and are fleeing war. One day we may be at war, wouldn't you like to think other countries would let us seek refuge? Also hasn't it occured to you that this political war tories are stoking is a great way to distract you and me from how awful they've been in power. I think you're wasting your energy in blaming refugees and people seeking to migrate. If you want to blame anyone, blame the tory government.

[@tjsmith5477]

How did Pakistan and India take control of England?

[@UserAK89]

Just the way queen victoria colonised india for many years!!!

[@briangatt2956]

I notice they've got money to pay the smugglers, though.

[@mariaflorea3242]

Cine a emigrat. Tot timpul spuneți. Asta.. La știrile..

[@locus_ab_modus]

mr illegal is doing some ethiopian merchant policy

[@locus_ab_modus]

were an Irish town

[@locus_ab_modus]

mr illegal has some issue with our policy

[@gwae48]

FROM IRAQ ?????? AND SPEAKING ENGLISH ?????

[@ChristopherMohan-bd6ck]

I thought miracles happened. When you pray to a higher power, especially to the Blackstone. Maybe next time

[@locus_ab_modus]

were doing right were doing work were not in your ways

[@locus_ab_modus]

the kush man and his spear throwing is opposed to natural law

[@monkeymagic4555]

Looks like one managed to sneak through ^^^^^^^ quite evidently..........

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

A mon 🔑reading the news on British Television..... Gawd elp us.

[@nungfish]

One is our PM.

[@FurkanAli-rb6es]

Obama lost his 6 kidzzzz😂😂

[@locus_ab_modus]

its like that were an Irish town

[@bartmcdougall7518]

Fleeing gun attack in Iraq..... as she stans in France 🇫🇷 a free and safe country. And somehow being able to pay the smugglers to get to UK hhhhmmmm. Something is sus 🤨

[@corndoggydogdog]

Could it be that she speaks English? Oh yes, very suspicious choosing to go to the uk when your only other language is English. I bet it would be much easier for her, and her husband to acclimatise in a place where they don't speak the language. Yes very suspicious.

[@bartmcdougall7518]

@corndoggydogdog lol most spoken language in the world lol she may speek 5 and...

[@locus_ab_modus]

the provinces of north africa want to fight Rome

[@crystal54555]

It is sad the news level of bbc is somehat politicised

[@miapup1012]

All the money that countries give to these poorer countries, goes where? And the NGOs spend a fortune, why can’t they do it in their countries?…Just asking? Things are getting really tough for people and unless they find a solution,war will come to our doorstep. God help us.🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦

[@GloriaL28]

In france they live on the shores etc, their given electricity and various other things, in uk---- THEY ARE GIVE HOTEL ROOMS CLOTHES MONEY BICYCLES ETC, ETC were would you rather be

[@shilajastephen]

Good news BBC ❤

[@patrickjp2821]

They need stopping !!!!!!😎😎😎😎😎

[@pedojoegottagoimmediately1068]

Congrats to the maker of those fine fine boats keep up the good work

[@olivere5497]

Intex, the kayak manufacturer is actually the producer using their factory in China, they are shipped to Turkey.

[@purpleronnie7382]

lol

[@flyinghigh2701]

Those boats are pretty shoddy tbh, want quality go british.

[@barryhill1044]

MI5 appears not to have found the route of these dinghies to the destination of their usage ! These dinghies need filling with air, The Engines need fitting , the people need readied for boarding , And most of them have no problem in doing so! Where are the Gendarmerie ? Just my inquisitive mind …just my opinion ….

[@Duncan23]

So the BBC can find these criminals but the french authorities cant 🤔 seems rather suspicious to me

[@dorayantz3649]

Wow, they are so desperate to flee from their country, but then it can become a burden to the country they fled.

[@greatjob7113]

Suspects should be rewarded.

[@Mitsiditsi]

Had a drive to the coast today , female with a dog on my own . Holderness Yorkshire where I go often . Down a quiet lane near the sea , I found myself amongst 20 + Muslim males . Not arrivals, but ones already here . I was subjected to verbal abuse sexual, taunting and intimidation. Middle of the afternoon . Vile people . Welcome to the future

[@auro1986]

if bbc made roman style oar ships then they will stop drowning and start rowing

[@iborgiwc7899]

why is there a migrant reading the news?

[@nungfish]

BBC doesn't employ White Europeans.

[@justaguythaine]

Putting kids on boats after they'd got to safety should mean these kids are taken away from their parents and into care. Listen to how little this mother cares!

[@mikkybozzy-my2vk]

So if they know the hide in the dunes then why dont they go ther and catch em? Lol

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

😂

[@josfur1977]

once in awhile BBC nails the migrants issue.... but its still not enough....

[@jamesparker1071]

Be good if more didn't make it... 🙏🙏🏼🙏🏿 Then others might stay home and "Build their country Back Better".

[@locus_ab_modus]

in Rome there is not allowed some piracy that is some foreign merchant

[@locus_ab_modus]

in Rome there is no piracy were an Irish town

[@locus_ab_modus]

the gaul is the threat to Anatolia

[@guff9567]

I'd give the pilots medals

[@denkk4282]

Турция предупредила РФ о риске роста напряженности в связи с досмотром судна в Черном море. p.s. а морские поставки оружия и боеприпасов Турцией в зону конфликта, плавающие мины Украины по акватории Черного моря роста напряженности конечно же не создают. такое "зерно" что подняло на воздух один танкер и разнесло от жары большую часть зернохранилищ. вы там пироксилин что ли производили?глупый Путин.слепой.куколд. куда он, после того как вложил в Турцию столько денег по личной инициативе, от Турции денется? ай ай ай... как посмели проверить сухогруз... Эрдоган же слово дал! хозяин своему слову. как Макрон - хочу даю, хочу забираю.зависит от коньюктуры рынка!

[@denkk4282]

если кого то всерьез волнует судоходство в Черном море - пусть перестанет быть плечом военной логистики НАТО для Украины. и риски сразу пропадут...

[@HorrorFanatic-ws3te]

It is sad that they are willing to risk their life to come here. However, the UK should help them better to come safer, help them get a job, and set them in somewhere to live.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

France sounds a lot like Mexico from my US point of view. No offence to Mexico, but France should be ashamed by that comparison.

[@locus_ab_modus]

there is some type of noise with the blacks

[@tothepoint4080]

Biggest slap on bbc (who is so anti indian and totally biased) is getting Indian origin prime minister 😃 its also the most hilarious

[@locus_ab_modus]

were trying to eat and they keep mixing things around and that is not good business

[@QiuQiuChannel-ni3xj]

The only way to stop this is by insure their country they come from have working economy

[@locus_ab_modus]

in Scotland were trying do work and the blacks doing some type of noise

[@SyYoung-ni1wl]

Bible has incredible scientific accuracy like round Earth and jet streams and the hydrologic cycle and much more.

[@naenae307]

Send them to Bidens Delaware home.

[@gopinathkumar]

Please pray for Christians in Pakistan, their homes and Churches are being burnt. Thank you. 🙏

[@locus_ab_modus]

in Scotland were trying to work and the blacks make this noise

[@jackiewoolard8998]

I thought us Americans were disgusting, vile people but now I see we are not alone. Wishing the death on people looking for a better life says more about you then it does about them.

[@locus_ab_modus]

its some type of noise were we work and in Scotland you have all this stuff with the blacks making things an issue for the public

[@amanuegebremik9284]

Please stop eritrea 🇪🇷 migrant deport from home office Liverpool 🏢 uk 🇬🇧 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒

[@thewhitedevilfromthebible5899]

Rip 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@NathanielGarro-ru7du]

Good

[@samdonohoe9796]

Welcome refugees come to England have a house we have plenty of money I can't wait to culturally exchange our life experiences, swap stories and try some of your food refugees are welcome HERE!!!!

[@flyinghigh2701]

We'll also transition your kids

[@Rockymountainhooligan92]

I don't feel bad that's what you get for crossing International borders bra bra