{"id":1052668,"date":"2021-11-24T16:13:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052668"},"modified":"2021-11-24T16:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:13:36","slug":"channel-migrant-crisis-dozens-reported-dead-as-boat-capsizes-off-the-coast-of-calais-johnson-convenes-emergency-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/channel-migrant-crisis-dozens-reported-dead-as-boat-capsizes-off-the-coast-of-calais-johnson-convenes-emergency-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel Migrant Crisis: Dozens Reported Dead as Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Calais, Johnson Convenes Emergency Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchannel-migrant-crisis-dozens-reported-dead-as-boat-capsizes-off-the-coast-of-calais-johnson-convenes-emergency-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236771742-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Dozens of illegal boat migrants have reportedly drowned in the English Channel after their small boat capsized while trying to reach Britain from France.<\/p>\n<p>A huge rescue mission was undertaken on Wednesday after a boat full of illegal migrants capsized off the coast of Calais, France, in what is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/24\/several-people-dead-migrant-boat-capsizes-channel\">believed<\/a> to be the deadliest drowning in the history of the Channel migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"27.656441717791\">\n<p><strong>UPDATE 2000: French President Emmanuel Macron Makes Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the tragedy in the English Channel, French President Emmanuel Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/1104048\/article\/2021-11-24\/traversee-de-la-manche-au-moins-cinq-morts-au-large-de-calais\">said<\/a> on Wednesday evening that \u201cFrance will not let the Channel become a cemetery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French leader went on to call for an \u201cemergency meeting of European ministers\u201d to discuss the migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Macron also demanded that there should be an \u201cimmediate strengthening of the resources\u201d for the EU\u2019s Frontex border agency. The French president concluded by vowing that \u201ceverything will be done to find and condemn those responsible\u201d for the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 1930: French Interior Minister Says 31 Dead in the Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a press conference from a hospital in Calais, French Interior Minister&nbsp;G\u00e9rald Darmanin reported that \u201cto his knowledge\u201d thirty-four people were on the migrant boat. So far, according to Darmanin, 33 people have been found, with 31 dead, the regional French newspaper&nbsp;<em>La Voix Du Nord&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavoixdunord.fr\/1104048\/article\/2021-11-24\/traversee-de-la-manche-au-moins-cinq-morts-au-large-de-calais\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Read the original story below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The migrant boat had reportedly sustained damage, yet the migrants chose to press on with the perilous journey to Britain. Two people smugglers are believed to be in custody in connection to the drownings.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the loss of life,&nbsp;French Prime Minister Jean Castex described the incident as a \u201ctragedy\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeanCASTEX\/status\/1463540618618187790\">writing<\/a>:&nbsp;\u201cMy thoughts are with the many missing and injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GDarmanin\/status\/1463532157356359684\">said<\/a> that he felt \u201cstrong emotion\u201d over the many deaths in the English Channel, blaming the criminal people smuggler networks who organise the dangerous migrant crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Right-wing populist presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, took aim at the French government, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/grand-littoral\/en-direct-calais-27-migrants-morts-dans-un-naufrage-darmanin-se-rend-sur-place_LN-202111240407.html\">saying<\/a>:&nbsp;\u201cLax migration policies lead to tragedies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They would join the tragic trend seen across Europe in which illegal migrants are often&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/07\/16\/killed-by-people-smugglers-un-says-migrant-drownings-double-this-year\/\">lured to their deaths by people-smugglers<\/a>, who take huge sums of money in exchange for providing passage on often unseaworthy boats.<\/p>\n<p>The deaths on Wednesday in the English Channel is likely the largest loss of life in one incident in the history of the Channel migrant crisis. However, the busy shipping lane has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/08\/18\/france-charges-algerian-with-manslaughter-over-migrant-death-in-english-channel\/\">claimed<\/a> the lives of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/27\/three-boat-migrants-believed-drowned-in-the-english-channel\/\">&nbsp;migrants<\/a> attempting to reach the UK before.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9607843137255\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian Migrant Charged with Manslaughter over English Channel Drownings <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NuOCeuF0EJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/NuOCeuF0EJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1323029551220318208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>In response to the latest deaths and the record numbers of illegals attempting to land in Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called a meeting of the UK government\u2019s emergency response team, COBRA.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/nov\/24\/more-than-20-people-believed-to-have-died-after-refugee-boat-sinks-in-channel-latest-updates\">said<\/a>: \u201cI just want to say that I\u2019m shocked and appalled and deeply saddened by the loss of life at sea in the Channel. I think the details are still coming in but more than 20 people have lost their lives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts and sympathies are first of all with the victims and their families. It\u2019s an appalling thing that they have suffered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also want to say that this disaster underscores how dangerous it is to cross the Channel in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far this year, over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/22\/migrant-arrivals-around-triple-that-of-2020-majority-of-voters-think-tories-are-too-soft-on-crisis\/\">25,000 illegals<\/a> have successfully reached British shores in small rubber dinghies from France, nearly three times as many did during all of last year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sharing footage reporting from the English Channel earlier today, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said that it was sad to hear of the reports of death, but that it did not come as a surprise. The Brexiteer has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/12\/03\/farage-uk-must-turn-back-illegal-boat-migrants-like-australia-more-people-will-die\/\">consistently warned<\/a> that tragedy would strike in the English Channel should Boris Johnson\u2019s government fail to stop the boats.<\/p>\n<p>Following another boat full of migrants this morning, the Brexit leader reported that \u201cthere\u2019s no Border Force\u201d, claiming that they were \u201cheld up\u201d with more migrants in Dover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are taking huge risks,\u201d Farage said, adding: \u201cThe crisis isn\u2019t getting any better.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0327868852459\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sad reports of multiple deaths in the Channel. After what I saw this morning it does not come as a surprise. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Klj770lwlR\">https:\/\/t.co\/Klj770lwlR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nigel_Farage\/status\/1463538070800658432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of illegal boat migrants have reportedly drowned in the English Channel after their small boat capsized while trying to reach Britain from France. 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