Anne Thorel News Today

Conservative MPs have criticised French efforts to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

The migrant crisis could last for at least five more years, a government memo has suggested.

Six people died after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain capsized early on Saturday, and another two people were possibly missing, French authorities said.

The French coast guard said the vessel got into difficulty in the sea near Calais in the early hours of Saturday.

The government is under renewed pressure to stem the tide of people making the dangerous crossing over the English Channel in small boats, after the death of at least six people on Saturday.

Six people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the Channel, off the French coast. The French coast guard said the vessel got into difficulty in the sea near Calais in the early hours of Saturday. Fifty-nine people - many of them Afghans - were rescued by French and

Some 509 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on the same day a dinghy capsized off the coast of France, killing six men.

The migrant crisis could last for at least five more years, a government memo has suggested.

Six people have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, with a rescue effort made by British and French coastguard.

The maritime prefecture confirmed that there had been at least one death and said search and rescue operations were ongoing.