A spokesperson for the charity said: ‘People are getting so desperate in there. More than 60 migrants were prevented from crossing the English Channel between France and the UK at the weekend. Yesterday Caroline Nokes, the immigration minister, described the number of incidents of migrants crossing the Channel as “deeply concerning”. Detention Action, a charity supporting detainees, said it had heard of 10 to 13 current detainees who have gone on hunger strike at some point. By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2020/09/18 . One of them said they were in a ‘very depressed situation’ and were refusing food ‘to reach our voice’. 60 migrants stopped from crossing the Channel . At least four migrants — including children ages 5 and 8 — died Tuesday when their boat capsized while crossing the English Channel to Britain, according to French authorities. Bonniere. A spokesperson said any self-harm incidents are treated with ‘utmost seriousness’ and every step is taken to prevent them, although they added that hunger striking would not stop officials from removing people in the country illegally. P. Pa. January 17, 2021 . The Home Office admitted a ‘small number’ of detainees were refusing food but refused to say how many. Rising numbers of migrants are trying to cross the English Channel in dinghies and other small boats. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Rising numbers of migrants are trying to cross the English Channel in dinghies and other small boats. A further 134 were prevented from crossing over the … Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage took to the English channel yesterday to record boat-loads of migrants crossing from France to England. In January 2018 the then UK prime minister, Theresa May, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, signed the Sandhurst treaty aimed at trying to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel… This comes after 40 migrants in five boats were found yesterday … Border Force and its partners intercepted 180 migrants … Get your need-to-know Visibility was very poor in the Dover Strait – with freezing temperatures.The Government said it would assess each person and look to return those who have no legal right to remain. The spokesperson continued: ‘Those in immigration removal centres are often dangerous foreign criminals or people who have no right to be here and we make no apology for seeking to remove them.’. Detained Voices, which publishes statements gathered from detainees about their experiences, said it knows of five who are into their seventh day of hunger strike at Brook House. Ninety migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats have been intercepted by Border Force. Two small boats with a total of 36 migrants on board were intercepted while crossing the English Channel on Saturday. French authorities reported four migrant deaths in total in small boats crossing the Channel in 2019. Border Force officers have intercepted a number of boats crossing the Channel in recent weeks (Picture: PA) More than a dozen migrants detained after … 11,017 people have been reported illegally crossing the English Channel in small boats from safe countries since the start of 2018, ... 27 May – 60 migrants brought ashore yesterday after being intercepted in the Channel in four incidents (see media report). By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2020/09/18 . 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