According to the HM coastguard, Border Force vessels were sent to respond to multiple migrant boats on Thursday morning.

Isaac, a 35-year-old from Tanzania, waits in a makeshift camp in northern France, preparing for a dangerous English Channel crossing

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's coastguard has coordinated a response to multiple incidents involving small boat crossings in the English Channel, Sky News reported on Thursday. The coastguard did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Saskatoon native and long-distance swimmer Aerin Bowers recounts the moment she completed a 16-hour swim across the English Channel.

The UK coastguard is managing incidents involving small boats in the English Channel. This comes as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets French President Emmanuel Macron, with plans to announce stricter migration controls.

The U.K. Royal Navy recently monitored a surfaced Russian submarine as it sailed through the North Sea and English Channel, the service announced this week. Offshore patrol vessel HMS Mersey (P283) and a Wildcat helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and a Merlin anti-submarine warfare helicopter from 824 NAS were dispatched to monitor Russian Navy submarine RFS Novorossiysk (B-61) and tug boat Yakov Grebelski as the ships sailed west through the waters.

Long distance swimming Aerin Bowers, who is originally from Saskatoon, swam more than 40 kilometres on June 30 to cross the English Channel in a single swim.

A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim.

A healthcare worker will take part in a relay swim across the English Channel to support a charity that aims to prevent drowning deaths.