Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 37

Thread: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    4,607
    Thanks (Given)
    2087
    Thanks (Received)
    3355
    Likes (Given)
    10815
    Likes (Received)
    12753

    Default It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    France to the UK, local reports say.

    According to fishermen, more migrants left France's northern shores than usual to take advantage of calm sea conditions, although the water was bitterly cold.

    One fisherman called the rescue services after seeing an empty dinghy and people floating motionless nearby.

    Reports said several migrants headed for Britain died after their vessel sank in the Calais area.

    President and chairman of the ports of Calais and Boulogne Jean-Marc Puissesseau told BBC News: "What I know is that there were 50 people on this boat.

    "What I have heard is that there are 30 people who have died, and about five or six who have been found."

    Following the sinking, Dunkirk prosecutors opened a criminal investigation for ‘manslaughter’ and ‘assistance with illegal immigration in an organised gang
    COMMENTS
    At least 30 migrants drown in English Channel in desperate bid to reach the UK
    Several migrants drowned while trying to cross the Channel in an inflatable dinghy to reach Britain on Wednesday, reports said - a coastguard official said a rescue operation was still underway
    According to fishermen, more migrants left France's northern shores than usual to take advantage of calm sea conditions, although the water was bitterly cold.

    One fisherman called the rescue services after seeing an empty dinghy and people floating motionless nearby.

    Reports said several migrants headed for Britain died after their vessel sank in the Calais area.

    President and chairman of the ports of Calais and Boulogne Jean-Marc Puissesseau told BBC News: "What I know is that there were 50 people on this boat.

    "What I have heard is that there are 30 people who have died, and about five or six who have been found."

    Following the sinking, Dunkirk prosecutors opened a criminal investigation for ‘manslaughter’ and ‘assistance with illegal immigration in an organised gang’.



    Migrants being rescued by the Dungerness Lifeboat today
    It follows claims that people smugglers had organised the passage of the overcrowded boat, charging thousands to those on board to get to Britain.

    A spokesman for Dunkirk prosecutors confirmed the opening of the investigation, saying preliminary reports were already being compiled.

    A No 10 spokesperson said:“The PM will chair a COBR on the situation in the Channel this afternoon.”

    A French government spokesman said the tragedy happened soon after 2pm on Wednesday and by late afternoon a rescue operation was still underway.

    Local authorities had previously said five migrants had drowned, but that the tally was likely to increase because several of those rescued were in a serious condition.

    A spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Paris earlier said: "At least five people died have died. The toll could be heavier.

    Migrants sit beside a boat used to cross the English Channel as more migrants are helped ashore from a RNLI
    Migrants sit beside a boat used to cross the English Channel as more migrants are helped ashore from a RNLI ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
    "Around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, a fisherman reported the discovery of about fifteen bodies floating off Calais.

    "A French Navy vessel recovered several bodies, including five dead people and five unconscious, according to an early report."

    The death toll was later raised to ‘at least 27,’ according to a French government spokesman, before the president and chairman of the ports of Calais and Boulogne reported 30 dead.

    The death toll makes it the worst small boat tragedy since the current crisis escalated in 2019.

    A spokesman for French coastguards said ‘rain and extreme cold’ together with rough seas had contributed to the disaster. So what happens now with the frogs ???? Terry.
    Last edited by Red Lead Ted; 24th November 2021 at 06:12 PM.
    {terry scouse}

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    isle of wight
    Posts
    6,701
    Thanks (Given)
    2291
    Thanks (Received)
    5237
    Likes (Given)
    15143
    Likes (Received)
    24215

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    The French are using these poor people and their lives to make a political point, never mind smugglers, the French government are the criminals. If we were to return all of them, as happened in Greece and Turkey, the system would stop overnight. It is the leaky EU borders, and freedom of travel causing the problem deep down, kt
    R689823

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Nov 2008
    Location
    Bolton UK
    Posts
    15,004
    Thanks (Given)
    20832
    Thanks (Received)
    11089
    Likes (Given)
    30414
    Likes (Received)
    37116

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    These ar e Not refugees, they are INVADERS all young men of a fighting age, awaiting the call for the Great Jihad

    GADAFI said,
    WE DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT THE WEST, WE WILL TAKE OVER BY WEIGHT OF NUMBERS

    They sure are 25,000 so far this year
    Last edited by Captain Kong; 24th November 2021 at 07:07 PM.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Location
    CHESTER LE STREET
    Posts
    2,332
    Thanks (Given)
    699
    Thanks (Received)
    1258
    Likes (Given)
    12943
    Likes (Received)
    8315

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Quote Originally Posted by Red Lead Ted View Post
    France to the UK, local reports say.


    A spokesman for French coastguards said ‘rain and extreme cold’ together with rough seas had contributed to the disaster. So what happens now with the frogs ???? Terry.
    was there not some picture circulating of police standing watching boats being launched?
    Last edited by Doc Vernon; 24th November 2021 at 09:42 PM.

  5. Thanks Red Lead Ted, Doc Vernon thanked for this post
    Likes Des Taff Jenkins liked this post
  6. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    4,607
    Thanks (Given)
    2087
    Thanks (Received)
    3355
    Likes (Given)
    10815
    Likes (Received)
    12753

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Yes there is somewhere Tony let me troll the web i will find it Terry
    {terry scouse}

  7. Thanks Doc Vernon thanked for this post
    Likes Des Taff Jenkins liked this post
  8. #6
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    isle of wight
    Posts
    6,701
    Thanks (Given)
    2291
    Thanks (Received)
    5237
    Likes (Given)
    15143
    Likes (Received)
    24215

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Well, Macron has those 31 lives on his mind, i hope he sleeps well tonight, this had to happen sooner or later. This your wonderful European Union at work, supposed to be united my ****. This is the French political move that has backfired, kt
    R689823

  9. #7
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Location
    CHESTER LE STREET
    Posts
    2,332
    Thanks (Given)
    699
    Thanks (Received)
    1258
    Likes (Given)
    12943
    Likes (Received)
    8315

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Tindell View Post
    Well, Macron has those 31 lives on his mind, i hope he sleeps well tonight, this had to happen sooner or later. This your wonderful European Union at work, supposed to be united my ****. This is the French political move that has backfired, kt
    I doubt if he will loose any sleep, if it causes us problems or bad press. The guy is a weasel

  10. Likes Keith Tindell, Red Lead Ted liked this post
  11. #8
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Torquay
    Posts
    11,467
    Thanks (Given)
    3440
    Thanks (Received)
    7758
    Likes (Given)
    11953
    Likes (Received)
    34924

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Tindell View Post
    Well, Macron has those 31 lives on his mind, i hope he sleeps well tonight, this had to happen sooner or later. This your wonderful European Union at work, supposed to be united my ****. This is the French political move that has backfired, kt
    A French Govt minister is blaming B J for their deaths, how convenient and how ludricous, the only people to blame for the childrens' deaths are their parents for putting them in harms way, the poor children were never given a choice. Believe me Macron will sleep soundly, he is a man of self interest only.

  12. #9
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    4,607
    Thanks (Given)
    2087
    Thanks (Received)
    3355
    Likes (Given)
    10815
    Likes (Received)
    12753

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    Ivan, There are more questions than answers the uk and France obviously are not going to sort this problem out alone, But having said that when if ever does it stop. You now have more and more people from all over the huge African Continent planning on making the same trip through basically starvation which i personally put down to climate change no water no food no crops no rain nothing to stay for.
    These pictures are disgraceful with French police standing by letting these woman and children enter these little rafts, We all no that if these rafts get caught up in a bow wave as they cross they are that flimsy they are going to turn turtle.
    AT least 31 UK-bound migrants drowned yesterday when their tiny inflatable *capsized — hours after French police had simply watched overloaded dinghies heading into the Channel.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/168408...3-die-channel/
    {terry scouse}

  13. Thanks Les Woodard thanked for this post
  14. #10
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    Sunbury Victoria Australia
    Posts
    24,996
    Thanks (Given)
    8301
    Thanks (Received)
    10126
    Likes (Given)
    106550
    Likes (Received)
    45666

    Default Re: It had to happen { Dinghy sinks in chanel }

    We had similar here in Oz but then some 1700 drowned in one year. Some time in 2012 or so.
    That was when we got tough with our border force, none since.

    The French know very well that these people are being 'fed' by people smugglers, similar here in Oz at the time.

    But much of this is political payback after BREXIT.
    Happy daze John in Oz.

    Life is too short to blend in.

    John Strange R737787
    World Traveller

Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 ... LastLast

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •