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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
As the UK and France plan to start sending some arrivals back, in exchange for other asylum seekers, the BBC sees 220 migrants arrive in Dover.
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.
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.
A healthcare worker will take part in a relay swim across the English Channel to support a charity that aims to prevent drowning deaths.
Saskatoon native and long-distance swimmer Aerin Bowers recounts the moment she completed a 16-hour swim across the English Channel.
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FOX 8 News on MSNYellow Springs woman makes history, swims English Channel on 50th birthdayA Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim.