New crime of endangering lives to target small boat crossings
Watch: New law will give officials powers to seize electronic devices of small boat migrantsEndangering lives at sea is to be a new criminal offence…
Watch: New law will give officials powers to seize electronic devices of small boat migrantsEndangering lives at sea is to be a new criminal offence…
Refugees were initially blocked by local residents from landing, but have now been taken to temporary shelters.More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar…
A COUPLE who sold their seaside home and moved into a tiny canal boat have revealed how they save £1,000s on their rent.Ula and Josh…
Boats bletherWITH grim predictability, 2025 begins with yet another “stop the boats” idea which avoids the real problem.This one involves slapping “Interim Serious Crime Prevention…
Has it occurred to you that civilization might be overrated?Me too. So I’ve been thinking about the natural world — actually, the many natural worlds…
The makeshift boat was carrying about 80 people when it capsized on December 19, Malian authorities said.At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, died after…
BBCJust as we pulled out from the harbour, our boat lurched and suddenly the jetty next to where we had boarded collapsed into the seaBoxing…
Authorities say at least eight people died after the driver lost control of the boat as he attempted to flee.At least eight refugees and migrants…
Search-and-rescue operations continuing after an Indian naval boat hit a passenger ferry with more 100 passengers.At least 13 people died when an Indian naval boat…
BBCHome Secretary Yvette Cooper denied that migration had fallen down the government's priority listHome Secretary Yvette Cooper has told the BBC the level of "dangerous"…
Coastguard rescues 27 people on the boat when it broke down and took on water due to bad weather.Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered the bodies of…
Rescuers are searching for a 50-foot fishing vessel called the Wind Walker after the U.S. Coast Guard said it capsized in rough water southwest of…
Latest tragedy to hit busy waterways leaves more than 100 missing, with possible causes ranging from turbulence to age of vessel.At least 27 people died…
1 of 2 | Sixteen people are missing after the tour boat "Sea Story" capsized Monday during a five-day diving expedition and sank off of…
A handout photo made available by the Korea Coast Guard shows the 129-ton Geumseong, which sank 15 miles off Jeju's Biyang Island, South Korea, on…
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol orders all available resources and personnel to assist with search for survivors.At least two people are dead and 12 others…
Twenty-five other people found alive on island of Rhodes after swimming to shore, according to the Greek coastguard.Authorities in Greece have recovered the bodies of…
The UN migration agency says the boat sank on Friday between a Comoros island and the French island of Mayotte.At least 25 people, including women…
IN the end, just four migrants went to Rwanda. It was not for lack of trying.3There have been 31,094 arrivals so far this year, which…
Ninety-six Rohingya refugees, including seven children, are stranded on Sumatra island after escaping on a rickety boat.Six people have died as nearly 100 Rohingya landed…