BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:32:00
Although that's still the second highest annual number of crossings on record. it's hard to know how many migrants have died in recent years trying to cross the world's busiest shipping lane, but one charity said the figure was likely to be more than 20 last year alone. people are still going to take these dangerousjourneys, and the enforcement activity by border force and police on the french side is simply going to force more people into more unseaworthy, unstable, dangerous boats, and the likelihood of more people losing their lives, i think, is not going to diminish. the government says th...