1 child among 5 killed in English Channel, hours after UK passes deportation bill
South China Morning Post - 2024-04-23T09:19:41.000Z

The tragedy came only hours after UK PM Rishi Sunak’s latest effort to send some migrants on a one-way ticket to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament.

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