Small Boat Crossings: Five People Dead, Including Child

Five people, including a child, have died while attempting to cross the English Channel on a small boat, hours after the Rwanda asylum bill was greenlighted by parliament. French officials reported on Tuesday that an overloaded boat, carrying 112 migrants, left the French shores in the early hours of the morning but experienced engine difficulties shortly after. As a result, a number of people fell into the water and five were later pronounced dead by the French authorities. Three men, a woman and a girl, were killed in the accident. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the UK government was doing everything possible to stop the illegal small boat crossings to the UK....