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New UK asylum bill to criminalise those who seek to prevent small boat rescues
Proposed government legislation would result in 100 more people being jailed each year, according to estimatesFinancial Times - 2h -
St Kitts and Nevis finds 13 decomposing bodies in boat adrift in Caribbean
Discovery by coast guard comes five days after skiff containing five bodies found near Trinidad and Tobago. The coastguard of St Kitts and Nevis has discovered 13 decomposing bodies in a boat ...The Guardian - 2h -
Will Labour's Plan To Stop Small Boat Crossings Work?
The home secretary announces new lawsBBC News - 4h -
How many people cross the Channel in small boats?
The number of people crossing the Channel in small boats has led the government to promise action.BBC News - 8h -
Boat packed with migrants intercepted amid Trump's mass deportation effort
Even as the Trump administration's mass deportation of undocumented migrants was unfolding, a boat packed with migrants was intercepted off the California coast.ABC News - 1d -
Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows
Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in the trafficking of parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to new research, information that could help enforcement efforts to save ...ABC News - 1d -
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Two toddlers die when smugglers' boat sank in Mediterranean, rescue group says
A German rescue group says two toddlers died when a smugglers’ boat sank in the central Mediteranean this weekendABC News - 3d -
"Narco-sub" breaks apart while being towed by fishing boat
Drug traffickers, especially from Colombia, have been caught using submarines to transport cocaine into Mexico, and from there into the U.S.CBS News - 6d -
Up to 50 people on small boat bound for Canary Islands feared drowned
Migration NGO says at least 10,457 people died while trying to reach Spain by sea last year. As many as 50 people are thought to have died after a boat bound for the Canary Islands got into ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
Hydrogen-Powered Boats Are Here
Amogy just raised $56 million to scale its hydrogen fuel tech.Inc. - Jan. 15 -
Dive boat survivors say they were pressed to sign statements they couldn't read
The group say their official witness statements were translated into Arabic by a boat company employee.BBC News - Jan. 15 -
Trapped in the dark for 35 hours - Red Sea dive-boat survivors tell of terrifying escapes
Eleven survivors describe what happened and raise safety questions about the dive boat Sea Story.BBC News - Jan. 14 -
Photo shows the rescue of a baby born at sea on a crowded migrant boat
A baby was born on a migrant boat between Africa and Spain's Canary Islands, Spain's maritime rescue agency said.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
Baby born on migrant boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands
The baby born was born less than an hour before Spanish rescuers reached the crowded raft.BBC News - Jan. 8 -
Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to its first performances.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Baby born on crowded small boat crossing from Africa to Canary Islands
The boy and his mother as well as dozens of others were rescued off the coast of Lanzarote, Spain. A baby boy has been born on a small, crowded boat carrying 60 people on the deadly Atlantic ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees after dozens landed on island
Malaysian authorities say they have turned away two boats carrying nearly 300 Muslim Rohingya refugees who had entered the country illegallyABC News - Jan. 4 -
Twenty missing after falling from boat in rough seas off Libya’s coast
Small vessel tilted after taking in water, according to seven survivors who reached Italian island of Lampedusa. Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it ...The Guardian - Jan. 1 -
Number of migrants crossing Channel in small boats rises to 36,816
2024 was the deadliest year in the Channel, with 77 people known to have drowned trying to cross.BBC News - Jan. 1 -
Small-boat crossing arrivals to UK rose 25% in 2024, data shows
Home Office figures will add to pressure on Keir Starmer to curb irregular migration via English ChannelFinancial Times - Jan. 1 -
UK small boat arrivals in 2024 up 25% compared with previous year
A total of 36,816 people made journey last year compared with 29,437 who arrived in 2023, Home Office says. The number of people arriving in the UK in 2024 after crossing the Channel in small boats ...The Guardian - Jan. 1
