Violence from migrants has been taking place for a number of months (picture originally from April 2024) who had been prevented from boarding their boat Police in northern France are facing a major escalation in migrant violence with officers and some locals targeted in a number of attacks In the most recent incident yesterday morning police were subjected to significant violence from a large group of migrants angered by attempts to arrest a suspected people smuggler It was the latest outbreak of violence and disorder among groups of migrants was sparked by a police operation to stop a vehicle being driven by a suspected smuggler Authorities said the man was carrying life jackets and other pieces of marine equipment used in inflatable migrant boats Police mounted simultaneous operations to detain the suspect and prevent a group of 100 migrants nearby from launching their boat A police source said the people smuggling suspect refused to comply and got into a "violent struggle with officers." Firefighters were also called to extinguish a blaze set by the migrants during the disorder Three vehicles owned by local residents were badly damaged by the migrants.It was the second morning of violence which also targeted local people in Grand-Fort-Philippe a dozen vehicles owned by local residents were seriously damaged by another large group of migrants frustrated and angry after police prevented them from launching their small boat The town's mayor Sony Clinquart said: "The situation is turning into a guerilla war The mayor said that residents were regularly reporting large groups of often hostile young men "There used to be compassion for these people" he said "Now there's just a mixture of anger and fear and a desperate need for something to be done." Local officials have reached out to the French Prime Minister's office in a call for more concerted action to tackle the growing crisis of migrant violence Local officials have reached out to the French Prime Minister's office for help police reinforcements from Lille and Valenciennes have been sent to the area to help bolster the presence on the ground The violence is not just aimed at police and locals There have been numerous recent incidents where rival migrant groups and people smugglers have clashed a migrant was stabbed to death at the Loon Plage camp near Dunkirk in a dispute between people smugglers and migrants Groups of migrants have clashed with each other regularly as some attempt to climb aboard boats without paying a migrant arrived in Dover with stab injuries after a confrontation with criminal people smugglers on a French beach as he attempted to jump on board a small boat One security source told GB News that violence around the beaches of northern France would likely intensify in the months ahead as the new Labour Government pursues its policy of attempting to "smash the gangs" "There's no doubt there will be extra focus on preventing these launches" he said."And when the migrants "If the efforts to tackle the gangs and prevent these boats from launching are successful there's no doubt at all that the frustration and anger will descend into more intense violence." LONDON (AP) — A boat carrying more than 60 migrants encountered difficulty Friday as it attempted to make the dangerous crossing across the English Channel from France and authorities said one person died and another was hospitalized in critical condition after a rescue operation French maritime authorities said in a statement that the boat carrying the migrants had partially deflated and that the individual who died was unconscious when rescue ships arrived They said another person was in critical condition and flown by helicopter to a hospital in the French port of Calais after the boat in distress was spotted around five miles (8 kilometers) off the coast of Grand-Fort-Philippe at around 12:30 a.m coastguard said it sent a helicopter to assist the French authorities coordinating the operation The French coast around Calais has long been a jumping-off point for people fleeing conflict and poverty around the world seeking to reach Britain often via dangerous and sometimes deadly sea journeys across one of the world’s busiest shipping channels READ MORE: Shelters for migrants fill up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden More than 29,000 migrants have arrived in the U.K the second highest annual total to date since records began in 2018 Though sharply down from last year’s 46,000, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to “stop the boats” and is currently trying to win approval from lawmakers for a controversial plan to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda Following confirmation of the latest death in the Channel said the government “must and will do more.” “The incident in the Channel last night is a horrific reminder of the people-smugglers’ brutality,” he said on X A bill that Cleverly is steering through Parliament seeks to overcome a ruling by the U.K Supreme Court that the plan to send migrants who arrive from across the English Channel to Rwanda – where they would stay permanently — is illegal The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill faces criticism both from centrists in the governing Conservative Party who think it skirts with breaking international law who say it doesn’t go far enough to ensure migrants who arrive in the U.K The main opposition Labour Party which is far ahead in opinion polls ahead of a general election next year, has promised to ditch the plan that it has derided as a “gimmick.” The party says the British government’s priority should be breaking up the smuggling gangs that facilitate migrant boat crossings and promoting greater cooperation across Europe said these “appalling deaths” were all to common and added urgency to the need to “put in place safe routes so people don’t have to take dangerous journeys across the world’s busiest shipping lane.” the government is pushing ahead with its unworkable and unprincipled Rwanda plan as well as shutting down existing safe ways to get to the U.K.,” he said © 1996 - 2025 NewsHour Productions LLC PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit 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the English Channel two firefighters took turns giving him CPR a group of seven haggard Sudanese children observed the remains of this aborted crossing attempt mingled with the sand: Lifejacket wrappings These young people were not on board the boat So they have kept their eyes peeled for other people's attempts in the hopes that sooner or later they would be able to join them You have 78.23% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous 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since Keir Starmer took office — while the Government has yet to appoint a leader for its much-vaunted Border Security Command which has become a “black spot” for violent confrontations between migrants and cops A police launch pulled up alongside an overcrowded dinghy around 100 metres from the beach at 7.30am, yet it was allowed to continue on its way. That day, three more boats carrying 206 people made it into British waters. The mayor of the French port has warned that skirmishes between migrants and the authorities are ­turning into “urban guerilla warfare”. Grand-Fort-Philippe has a waterway running through it to the sea Its banks have been used by smugglers to launch dinghies while the extensive sand dunes that fringe the beaches close to the town provide cover for migrants waiting to make a dash for their allotted inflatable around 50 migrants were blocked from boarding a dinghy by gendarmes It led to a scuffle on the beach which spilled out into ­residential streets in the town A similar incident the previous evening had seen cars and homes damaged after being pelted with rocks Mayor Sony Clinquart said: “The population is exasperated said police ­officers had been subjected to “acts of provocation and intolerable ­aggression” Charities claim French police employ violence which is also becoming increasingly common What is new is the recurrence and intensity of violence.” No migrant was arrested during the recent disturbances A local police spokesman said: “The trouble was contained — that was the priority.” Officers believe smugglers are encouraging migrants to “fight the police” in order to “leave the country as quickly as possible” A senior French officer told The Sun: “It is a desperate situation There is only so much we can do to police the migrants "Arrests are ­discouraged because of the time and effort it takes to process migrants who will be freed to continue their journeys no matter what happens.” Now reinforcements have been drafted into Grand-Fort-Philippe to reassure locals police vans were stationed on both sides of the river as the sun came up a senior local ­government official in Dunkirk said: “We have observed increasing aggression towards the police who are forced to intervene physically and put themselves in danger "They have to try to dissuade the immigrants from taking risks and injuring themselves and the police.” Despite hundreds of millions spent on tackling the people-traffickers and preventing boats leaving France the deadly industry seems to be becoming more streamlined and profitable Home Office figures show an ­average of 51 people now arrive on each boat — up from 44 last year and just ten in 2019 The callous overcrowding of ­dinghies has led to some 25 migrants perishing while trying to cross the Channel this year alone migrants said a place on a boat costs around £1,300 to £1,400 each boat is grossing more than £70,000 for the ­smuggling gangs There’s just too much money involved When one smuggler is arrested I’ve heard promises about smashing the gangs before his wife and young kids had already had one ­crossing bid thwarted by cops He revealed: “We were carrying the dinghy to the beach on our heads when the police fired tear gas at us "The gas was in my eight-year-old’s eyes “They said ‘We’re trying to stop you risking your lives’ “But me and my family will keep trying until we make it to Britain This week, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged to deport 14,500 migrants in the next six months as she fleshed out her border strategy Returns deals have been signed with countries including Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Serbia and Georgia Waiting for a charity to bring food handouts at the New Jungle revealed he was one of 60 of his countrymen living at the camp told me: “I want to go to Britain because it’s difficult to find a job in India and the wages are too low.” An Afghani who has spent much of his life in the UK said the new Labour government is “good” for migrants sneaked out of Britain in a lorry to meet his brother who was trying to fix a place on a Channel crossing Manchester United fan Imran I arrived aged 14 and was taken in by a ­foster family Calling ex-PM Rishi Sunak “racist”, he added: “His family are immigrants, but he wanted to send people like me to Rwanda “Labour is good for immigrants and aren’t racist.” With no travel papers, he will ­try to re-cross the Channel undercover to resume his life in the UK the New Jungle remains a smuggler-infested way station said he is escaping civil war in his homeland adding: “I want to go to Britain because I speak English revealed he was quoted just under £1,400 for a berth on a ­dinghy “But I want to start my life again in Britain.” thick-set Kurdish men who seemed to be in control of the row of tent shops at the camp told us not to point a camera at them I spoke to several migrants who had failed to claim asylum in other European countries and were now trying their luck in the UK The desperation etched on the faces of those living among the camp’s fetid squalor reveals why the ­people-smuggling trade is so ­difficult to curb The Government plans to “smash the gangs” with its new Border Security Command which will have “counter terror-style powers” Yvette Cooper will press ahead with the last government’s plan to reopen two immigration centres in a bid to achieve the highest rate of removals since Theresa May’s premiership This week, the Home Secretary announced 100 new National Crime Agency officers — the first tranche of up to 1,000 to be recruited They will be deployed across Europe to work with Europol and other agencies trying to take apart the smuggling networks Tory leadership contender and shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly said Labour’s plans do not “scratch the ­surface” now they have ditched the Rwanda “deterrent” Fishing boat skipper Matt Cocker — who has watched the dinghy ­phenomenon multiply from the odd boat in the Channel to a full-blown industry — also is not convinced “There’s just too much money involved,” he said “I’ve heard promises about smashing the gangs before Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. 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TIC is aiming to change how MSF works to better meet the evolving needs of our patients MSF's telemedicine hub aims to overcome geographic barriers for equitable the MSF Sweden Innovation Unit deploys a human-centered approach for promoting a culture of innovation within MSF an emergency facility with 20 temporary accommodation places has been set up in a private structure in Calais it is accommodating people until 31 March 2024 Priority is being given to unaccompanied minors whose requests for shelter have been refused by the national child protection services Priority is also going to families with children people whose state of health is in danger of deteriorating in the makeshift camps in the Calais area and to survivors of shipwrecks following attempts to cross the English Channel the north of France has been hit hard by a series of rare storms People on the move are bearing the brunt of these extreme weather conditions women and men are abandoned to their fate in this way,” says 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lack of treatment for infections the dismantling of camps and forced removal of people from the coast have not prevented dangerous crossings of the Channel to England,” says Michaël Neuman they’ve left hundreds of people even more vulnerable and without a solution.” “The situation in Calais illustrates the failure of the security responses of France, the United Kingdom and the European Union,” says Neuman Your donations pay for millions of consultations in this absorbing hurtle toward modern art – smashing 500 years of tradition into cubist shards The National Gallery’s show After Impressionism makes modernist art itself strange by seeing it from the past – the Victorian salons where this revolution in the arts actually started It is a flawed show but one I found hard to leave European art in the 1880s and 1890s hurtles towards the “modern” before your eyes yet also burrows away into recesses of nostalgia and pastoral – and you lose yourself You can cut a line through the exhibition and follow the high road of the new Simply rush from Paul Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire with its hypnotic field of broken obsessive dapplings held together by an iron intellect straight to Pablo Picasso’s 1910 portrait of Wilhelm Uhde pinched and prissy over a stiff wing collar are disintegrating into a crystal cavern of invisible structures made suddenly visible that takes its start from Cézanne’s analysis of vision the most radical art stood – on the edge of a quantum universe The biggest shock of the show is how much more serious he is than its other two supposed heroes That is the clear conclusion of a display of five works by each yet traditional compared with Cézanne’s dismantling of art and nature his art always trying too hard to be “mysterieux” Trying too hard … Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) by Paul Gauguin Photograph: Paul Gauguin/National GalleryPicasso is the gifted pupil Cézanne never met You can see that by darting to the end to see Picasso’s Woman with Pears a portrait of his lover Fernande Olivier done in 1909 Like a taut spiralling girder for a modernist monument her neck tendon shoots up in a curve of electrifying torsion Her eyes are diamond studs in a face of jarring planes Yet beside this immense mask of the new age are perfectly recognisable by comparing them with the fruits in Cézanne’s Sugar Bowl This is the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death. Modernism the movement that sought to remake everything in art from a new That is because it takes apart centuries of tradition in the name of a more basic truth All the artists here are looking for truth Free weekly newsletterYour weekly art world round-up Why does Degas make it into this show while other impressionists get left behind Degas pervs with the bestThey saw this deeper human reality as primal Modernism was born in Europe’s age of empire Gauguin sends the poet Stéphane Mallarmé a wooden carving named after Mallarmé’s poem The Afternoon of a Faun His extraordinary object merges classical myth with racial stereotypes to portray a goat-legged Polynesian man desiring a Tahitian nymph The sensual Arcadia that Mallarmé conjures is a real place in the Pacific Even as Europe conquered or exploited much of the world in the 1800s the “primitive” art that came streaming on to its markets exacted an aesthetic revenge Artists preferred it to their own “civilised” conventions When the Belgian artist James Ensor depicted a variety of non-European masks in Astonishment of the Mask Wouse in 1889 Belgium was running the most brutal of colonial businesses in the Congo André Derain owned a Fang mask from central Africa that directly influenced him and his friends including Matisse and Picasso Derain’s 1906 painting The Dance portrays fantasy dancers in a golden paradise where they gyrate with unrepressed abandon in which a knight in armour unveils a female nude may not seem very modern at all: but nor does Wagner until you hear him Essays in perceptual art … Georges Seurat’s The Channel of Gravelines Photograph: Georges Seurat/National GalleryWhy does Degas make it into this show while other impressionists get left behind Facing Gauguin’s pensive isolated tropical nude Nevermore are his painting of a woman lost in red ecstasy as her long hair is combed and pastel of a naked model curled up reading It’s a shame Pissarro doesn’t make the cut when he worked so closely with Cézanne and later helped pioneer the divisionist or pointillist style It is equally baffling that Seurat’s compelling essays in this perceptual art get less space than Paul Signac’s painting-by-numbers attempts And Munch is shoved into the Berlin section which doesn’t stop The Death Bed harrowing your heart For some of the unevenness is in the period itself What this show reveals is that modernism was an end Five hundred years of European pictorial art – the very tradition the National Gallery displays – were breaking and decaying and what was born in their stead was difficult After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art is at the National Gallery, London, from 25 March to 13 August After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art25 March – 13 August 2023The National GalleryRooms 1-8Admission chargeMembers go free (Members View: Friday 24 March 2023) A major new exhibition of around a hundred paintings and sculptures by artists such as Cezanne, Van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, Matisse, Klimt, Käthe Kollwitz, Sonia Delaunay, Kandinsky and Mondrian opens at the National Gallery this March. With loans from museums and private collections around the world After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art includes some of the most important works of art created between 1886 and around 1914 While celebrating Paris as the international artistic capital ‘After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art‘ also focuses on the exciting and often revolutionary artistic developments across other European cities during this period Starting with the towering achievements of Cezanne visitors are able to journey through the art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries created in cities such as Paris The exhibition closes with some of the most significant modernist works ranging from Expressionism to Cubism and Abstraction After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art‘ explores the main themes in the development of the visual arts in Europe at this time: the break with conventional representation of the external world and the forging of non-naturalist visual languages with an emphasis on the materiality of the art object expressed through line Highlights of this wide-ranging international survey include André Derain’s ‘La Danse’ (Private Collection) Edgar Degas’s ‘Dancers in the Foyer’ (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen); Paul Cézanne’s ‘Grandes Baigneuses’ (National Gallery London); Edvard Munch’s ‘The Death Bed’ (KODE Art Museums Bergen); Paul Gauguin’s ‘Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)’ (National Galleries of Scotland Edinburgh); Camille Claudel’s ‘L’Implorante’  (Nogent‑sur‑Seine Musée Camille Claudel); and Lovis Corinth’s ‘Nana Female Nude’ (Saint Louis Art Museum The exhibition consists of around a hundred works mostly paintings but also including a careful selection of innovative sculpture The first room Introduction to the exhibition features two seminal works by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Paul Cezanne framed by two radical sculptures by Auguste Rodin (Auguste Rodin ‘Monument to Balzac’ plaster; and ‘L’Homme qui marche’ Pivotal Figures presents the three masters Highlights include Cezanne’s ‘Mont Sainte-Victoire’ (1902-6 Philadelphia Museum of Art) and Van Gogh’s ‘Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow (after Millet)’ (1890 Vincent van Gogh Foundation.) Prior to demonstrating the powerful impact that these artists had both in Paris and elsewhere in Europe this section also illustrates the reconsideration of form surface and space in the later work of Edgar Degas;- as well as Neo-Impressionism with its drive away from representation towards simplification of form patterned surfaces and an increasingly fractured The exhibition highlights the elaboration of Pictorial Symbolism as formulated by Gauguin with its demand on the artist to adopt non-naturalism as the means to alert the spectator to the new subject matter of art This is reflected in Gauguin’s radically experimental paintings and works in terracotta uncompromising works of Louis Anquetin (‘Avenue de Clichy ((Street- Five O’clock in the Evening))’ Connecticut) and Emile Bernard in the section Different Paths Pictorial symbolism is also a characteristic of the ‘intimiste’ patterned compositions made during the 1890s in the section devoted to the group of young French artists that formed The Nabis (or ‘Prophets’) These are complemented by a simplified sculptural piece of the same decade by Aristide Maillol A highlight of this section is Paul Sérusier’s hugely influential work ‘Le Talisman made under the direct instruction of Gauguin These artists found important recognition in the avant-garde exhibiting circles of Brussels and the exhibition’s section on New Voices: Barcelona and Brussels illustrates the potent drive towards a new visual language in the work of such artists as Jan Toorop and James Ensor and the sculpture of Georges Minne (‘Kneeling Youth of the Fountain’ Barcelona is represented by works by Hermenglido Anglada-Camaras Isidro Nonell i Monturio and Pablo Picasso (‘Gustave Coquiot’ Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création industrielle) Paris played a significant role in the evolution of innovative artistic voices In common with Barcelona and Brussels the exhibition shows the journeys away from naturalism in New Voices: Vienna and Berlin which will highlight works by Gustav Klimt and Käthe Kollwitz (‘Pair of Lovers’ bronze; Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln) and Lovis Corinth Berlin also presents the work of the Norwegian Edvard Munch who used the city as a platform for the establishment of his international reputation New Terrains outlines the various routes into the modernist manifestations of the early 20th century which were shaped by the ferment of the previous two decades This section will recognise the continued dominance of Paris as the art capital of the world by highlighting the emergence of the Fauves the group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism This section shows the fractured realities of the Cubism of Picasso (‘Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde’ prefigured in his ‘Woman with Pears’ New York) and by Georges Braque in ‘La Roche-Guyon: le château’ New Terrains also addresses the explosion of colour and rhythm in German Expressionism with works by Erich Heckel and Karl Schmitt-Rottluf (‘Deichdurchbruc’h Berlin.) Other highlights include Sonia Delaunay’s ‘Jeune Finlandaise’ Private Collection) and Paula Modersohn-Becker’s ‘Sitzendes Mädchen in weissem Hemde und stehender Mädchenakt’ oil tempera on cardboard on parquet-covered wood; Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum  And finally the exhibition closes with the journey towards abstraction in the work of Wassily Kandinsky (‘Bavarian Village with Field’ 1908; private collection and ‘Picture with White Lines’,1913; private collection) and Piet Mondriaan (‘Tree’ Kuntsmuseum Den Haag; and ‘Composition XVI’ ‘After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art’ is curated by the art historian and curator MaryAnne Stevens and Christopher Riopelle the National Gallery’s Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings says: ‘In the wake of the innovations of Impressionism came a host of artists with a more radical outlook who reshaped the aesthetic landscape in Europe around 1900 The exhibition looks broadly at this remarkable generation through a superb selection of works of art lent from public and private collections across the world co-curator of ‘After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art’ says: ‘In this exhibition we seek to explore the complexities of a period in art that can assert the claim to have broken links with tradition and laid the foundations for the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.’ The exhibition is organised by the National Gallery and is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue Art Plugged is a contemporary platform inspired by a relationship with the broader arts communities We provide our audience with curated insight into the world of art from exhibitions to artist interviews and more We strive to showcase all mediums of art from all corners of the globe so we have you covered whether you’re a casual art lover or a serious collector You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Getting the words ‘impressionism’ and ‘modern art’ into one exhibition title is a stroke of marketing genius on the part of the National Gallery but is it too much for a single blockbuster abstraction: if impressionism was a watershed in modern art the streams that flowed from it were many and various Laura Gascoigne is the chief art critic of The Spectator Be part of the conversation with other Spectator readers by getting your first three months for £3 Already a subscriber? Log in 2024 saw Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams responding to various emergencies spanning the globe The 38-kilometer trip from Agok to Abyei takes over 6 hours due to poor roads The road conditions prevent water and sanitation trucks from reaching Abyei during her caesarean section in Mundari County Hospital the only secondary healthcare facility in Kajo Keji Images and videos from a picket in Johannesburg outside Novo Nordisk’s office asking them to drop the price of insulin pens to $1 and to end the double standard on insulin pen supply While shopping with her mother at a nearby market this 20-month-old toddler was struck by shrapnel after a bomb-blast tore through the neighbourhood Along with other casualties the unnamed girl was brought to the Bashair Training Hospital in South Khartoum During the Xray a part of the girls skull cap fell onto the table An MSF emergency team operated on the girl and managed to save her life During the night of Wednesday January 24 and Thursday January 25 a small semi-rigid boat (also known as a “small boat”) left the Gravelines canal near Grand-Fort-Philippe in northern France Police were trying to prevent the last people from boarding the small boat before it set off to attempt the Channel crossing a series of threats by police forces against MSF staff forced the organization to suspend its activities until further notice in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince MSF has since partially resumed medical activities in the city Maryam Muhammad and the MSF health promotion team conduct a Tom Brown sensitization session for men in Kebbi Convincing men to support the approach is key as the mostly are the one supplying the family MSF organizes separated sessions for men and women Al Shifa medical complex after 14 days of siege by the Israeli forces. An unprecedented humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza Life on Deck. In Dec. 2024, MSF ceased operations on board its rescue vessel, Geo Barents which had been operational since June 2021 holds up an image of the destroyed MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis An MSF staff member’s wife and daughter-in-law were killed and six other people were injured when an Israeli tank fired on a clearly marked MSF staff shelter on Feb Lockyear called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to demand an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza Addressing the Council at its monthly meeting on Gaza Lockyear also called for the unequivocal protection of medical facilities doctorswithoutborders.caDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS / MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) CANADA 551 Adelaide Street West Toronto Canada M5V 0N8 Charitable registration: # 13527 5857 RR0001 Fill out the form to download posters and fundraising toolkits that will help you with your fundraising initiative for MSF French agency says at least 66 people were on craft with one person killed and another in life-threatening condition One person has died after a boat carrying dozens of refugees ran into difficulties while attempting to cross the Channel, French authorities have said. At least 66 people were onboard the craft when it was spotted about 5 miles (8km) off the coast of Grand-Fort-Philippe at about 12.30am local time on Friday, said Premar Manche, a French agency that monitors the Channel. Rescue ships reached the boat about 30 minutes later and one person onboard was pronounced dead. Another person was taken to hospital in Calais by helicopter in a critical condition, the agency said. It added that sea and air searches of the area continued. The Cross Gris-Nez, a coordination centre for rescue operations in Pas-de-Calais, had received a message that a migrant boat was in difficulty around midnight, Premar Manche said. The centre dispatched the Esvagt Charlie, a state-chartered rescue boat, which took about 30 minutes to reach the wreck site, the agency said. As the rescue boat approached, at about 1am, the crew informed the onshore teams that one of the boat’s tubes was deflated and that people were in the water. A semi-rigid boat was launched immediately to rescue the people. The Cross Gris-Nez centre also dispatched four other boats: the Dauphin of the French navy, based in Le Touquet, the Apollo Moon, a state-chartered rescue ship, the semi-rigid SNS 077 Notre Dame de Risban out of Calais and the semi-rigid SNS 276 Notre Dame des Flandres out of Gravelines. The first of the people in the water were rescued by the Esvagt Charlie at about 1.15am and by 2.15am it had rescued 59 people, including two who were unconscious. At the same time, the SNS 276 rescued seven people. One of the unconscious people was declared dead at the scene and the other was taken by helicopter to Calais hospital in a life-threatening condition. All the rescued castaways would be taken care of at the port of Calais, Premar Manche said. More than 29,000 people have reached England this year in small boats crossing the notoriously dangerous Channel – about a third down on last year. Rishi Sunak has made “stopping the boats” one of his five key priorities as prime minister. To achieve this aim, he is battling on with a plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite a supreme court ruling that the policy is unlawful. A No 10 spokesperson told reporters: “The prime minister’s thoughts are obviously with all those who are affected. There is an ongoing French-led investigation, as you would have seen. It serves as a stark reminder of how dangerous these crossings are and just how crucial it is that we work together to stop the boats and clamp down on the organised criminal gangs that are fuelling it.” Responding to the tragedy, the home secretary, James Cleverly, said the government needed to take further action. In a post on X, he wrote: “The incident in the Channel last night is a horrific reminder of the people smugglers’ brutality. 25,000 people have been averted from crossing this year – but we must and will do more. “My thanks to all those involved in the rescue. Every boat stopped is a potential life saved.” The Labour chair, Anneliese Dodds, called for more to be done to tackle the gangs responsible for facilitating the boat crossings. Asked for her reaction to the confirmation that a migrant had died attempting to cross the Channel on Friday, Dodds told Sky News: “One can barely imagine what it must have been like in the middle of the night with freezing cold water and the terror and fear for people on that vessel. “And I think yet again this underlines really that the criminal people-smuggling gangs are putting individuals in absolutely appalling danger. “They are profiting from this really disgracefully, and there needs to be far more done to break up those criminal people-smuggling gangs.” Enver Solomon, the chief executive of the Refugee Council, said: “These appalling deaths are becoming too common and there is an urgent need to put in place safe routes so people don’t have to take dangerous journeys across the world’s busiest shipping lane. “Instead the government is pushing ahead with its unworkable and unprincipled Rwanda plan as well as shutting down existing safe ways to get to the UK. “People flee persecution and violence out of desperation, to find safety and protect their families. The government must take action now and respond in a compassionate way to prevent future tragedies and protect human life.” After Impressionism will go on display from March 25 next year. Paul Gauguin’s Vision Of The Sermon1888 (National Gallery/PA) A new exhibition of more than 100 paintings and sculptures by masters including Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Piet Mondrian will go on display at the National Gallery next year. The ground-breaking exhibit titled After Impressionism will bring together radical art of European cities from 1886 to 1914 for the first time. The display will begin with work from late 19th-century French artist Paul Gauguin, Dutch impressionist master Van Gogh, French sculptor Auguste Rodin and French post-impressionist painter Paul Cezanne. Paul Cezanne’s Bathers Les Grandes Baigneuses (National Gallery/PA) Cezanne’s master piece Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses), Gauguin’s Vision Of The Sermon and The Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe by French artist Georges Seurat will serve as particular highlights of the exhibition. Visitors to the National Gallery will journey through the art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries created in cities such as Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna and Barcelona. The exhibition will finish with some of the most significant modernist works, ranging from Expressionism to Cubism and Abstraction. It will showcase work from Dutch master Mondrian, Spain’s Picasso, Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, French Henri Matisse and Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. Channel of Gravelines, Grand Fort-Philippe by Georges Seurat (National Gallery/PA) After Impressionism has been curated by art historian MaryAnne Stevens and Christopher Riopelle, the National Gallery’s Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings, with art historian and curator Julien Domercq. Stevens said: “In this exhibition we seek to explore and define the complexities of a period in art, and in wider cultural manifestations, that can assert the claim to have broken links with tradition and laid the foundations for the art of the 20th and 21st centuries.” The artwork is on loan from museums and private collections around the world. Lenders include the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Musee Rodin in Paris and Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona. After Impressionism will go on display at the National Gallery from March 25 until August 13 next year. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening Please check your inbox to verify your details Ex-Border Force Director hits out at Starmer's 'Italian-style migrant deal' A group of French mayors wants to rip up the Channel migrant deal with the UK and end British immigration checks at Calais They are demanding an end to the long-standing Le Touquet agreement and are blaming the UK's "flawed asylum system" for the ongoing migrant crisis The coalition of local leaders in northern France argues that both migrants and local residents face an "intolerable situation" driven by the appeal of crossing the Channel to live and work in Britain Despite a £500million deal between Rishi Sunak and France to fund police patrols on French beaches has allowed British Border Force officials to examine travellers' documents on French soil before they board ferries to the UK for the past two decades The arrangement has come under intense scrutiny as Channel crossings continue to rise with numbers up more than 20 per cent compared to last year The mayors are calling for the UK to establish legal routes to Britain a proposal that Sir Keir Starmer's Government has already rejected Initial cooperation between the two nations had shown promise with early reports indicating a one-third reduction in successful crossing attempts condemned the current situation as hypocritical stating: "We're in the midst of hypocrisy: we're talking about a border but it doesn't exist because the British authorities accept all the migrants who arrive." criticised ineffective surveillance measures saying: "We've had video surveillance cameras installed Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart expressed her frustration more bluntly: "We've got to get to grips with the British The mayors warn that without urgent action The French mayors have outlined several specific demands to address the crisis They are calling for the appointment of an immigration prefect and the creation of a dedicated transport police force to "reassure" the local population The coalition also wants to establish humanitarian reception centres outside the coastal areas to manage migrants before they reach the coast with mayors demanding reimbursement for expenses their municipalities have incurred while handling the situation A rescue took place off the French coast after a migrant boat sunk These proposals form part of their comprehensive approach to reform the current system which they argue has failed both local communities and migrants Home Secretary Yvette Cooper acknowledged the need for stronger action on illegal working in Britain Labour claims to have increased immigration enforcement visits by 20 per cent since taking power The government has also reported a 20 per cent rise in returns of migrants with no right to remain in the UK approximately 10,000 individuals have been removed from the country Anneliese Dodds calls for more action to break up human trafficking gangs that are facilitating boat crossings said there “needs to be far more done to break up” the gangs that are facilitating boat crossings Asked for her reaction to the confirmation that a person has died attempting to cross the Channel on Friday One can barely imagine what it must have been like in the middle of the night with freezing cold water and the terror and fear for people on that vessel And I think yet again this underlines really that the criminal people-smuggling gangs are putting individuals in absolutely appalling danger They are profiting from this really disgracefully and there needs to be far more done to break up those criminal people smuggling gangs we would all be really thinking about that person who has died and want to pass on our sympathy to their family One person has died after a boat carrying dozens of refugees ran into difficulties while attempting to cross the Channel At least 66 people were onboard the craft when it was spotted about 5 miles (8km) off the coast of Grand-Fort-Philippe at about 12.30am local time on Friday Rescue ships reached the boat about 30 minutes later and one person onboard was pronounced dead Another person in a critical condition was taken by helicopter to hospital in Calais Dodds told Sky News: “It is obviously absolutely awful And I think yet again this underlines really that the criminal people-smuggling gangs are putting individuals in absolutely appalling danger.” The British government has confirmed that a person died following the incident in the Channel but said it would not comment further at the moment A UK government spokesperson said: “We can confirm there has been an incident in the Channel involving a small boat in French waters that has tragically resulted in a loss of life.” the science minister has said reports that the UK government is considering curbing social media use among children is “speculation” Andrew Griffith said the prime minister Rishi Sunak’s administration “isn’t a government that philosophically bans things for the sake of it” Asked whether he could provide more details following reports that restrictions could be placed on under-16s using social media platforms Griffith told LBC: “I can’t because this is speculation it is about a consultation that is rumoured to happen in the new year.” Rishi Sunak will hold a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Ital A Downing Street spokesperson said the talks “will be focused on our joint efforts to tackle illegal immigration and organised crime” such as the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza” “We have been offered a 0% pay rise this year from April And that’s why we have had to make this decision today to come out together.” Updated at 15.54 CET15 Dec 202313.35 CETRishi Sunak will hold a trilateral meeting with Italian premier Giorgia Meloni and Albania’s Edi Rama during a visit to Rome on Saturday, PA reports. A Downing Street spokeswoman said the talks “will be focused on our joint efforts to tackle illegal immigration and organised crime”, as well as “other shared challenges such as the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza”. “As you’ve heard from the prime minister direct, he is clear that this is a shared global challenge and it is important that countries work together to address it, just as we are with Rwanda and with other like-minded countries such as Italy and Albania.” Asked whether a deal to process asylum seekers in Albania could be up for discussion, she said: The focus will be on our existing partnerships and work with both Italy and with Albania, and the work that’s already ongoing with them on illegal migration, and the returns deal, for example, with Albania that we already have. 15 Dec 202313.13 CETThe death in the Channel underlines the importance of Rishi Sunak’s efforts to “stop the boats”, Downing Street has said. A No 10 spokesperson told reporters on Friday: The prime minister’s thoughts are obviously with all those who are affected. There is an ongoing French-led investigation, as you would have seen. It serves as a stark reminder of how dangerous these crossings are and just how crucial it is that we work together to stop the boats and clamp down on the organised criminal gangs that are fuelling it. Updated at 15.34 CET15 Dec 202312.40 CETJames Cleverly said the government “must and will do more” after a person died and another was left in a critical condition following the sinking of a boat in the Channel. The incident in the Channel last night is a horrific reminder of the people smugglers’ brutality. 25,000 people have been averted from crossing this year - but we must and will do more. My thanks to all those involved in the rescue. Every boat stopped is a potential life saved. The incident in the Channel last night is a horrific reminder of the people smugglers’ brutality.25,000 people have been averted from crossing this year – but we must and will do more.My thanks to all those involved in the rescue. Every boat stopped is a potential life saved. 15 Dec 202312.18 CETThe British government has confirmed that a person died following the incident in the Channel but said it would not comment further at the moment. We can confirm there has been an incident in the Channel involving a small boat in French waters that has tragically resulted in a loss of life. French authorities are leading the response and investigation. We will not be commenting further at this stage – our thoughts are with those involved and their families. GMB and Siptu started the action just after midnight glider and train services on what is usually one of the busiest weekends before Christmas Brian Warke, a bus driver at Derry’s Pennyburn bus depot, said drivers were struggling with bills. “People can’t pay their mortgages,” he told the BBC Health and education workers have also staged strikes in recent months amid the paralysis of the Stormont executive and what are widely seen as insufficient budget allocations by Chris Heaton-Harris Earlier this week the secretary of state offered a financial package said to be worth £2.5bn, including a lump sum to settle pay claims, on condition that Stormont was revived. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist party leader, is to meet party officers on Friday to discuss a possible deal with the UK government over post-Brexit trading arrangements that would end the DUP boycott of power-sharing. Updated at 12.28 CET15 Dec 202311.36 CETKiran StaceyTony Blair banned foxhunting in 2004 after coming under pressure from an animal rights group the Labour party had accepted a large donation from Lord Mandelson, the peer and former Labour MP said the former prime minister included a commitment to hold a free vote on hunting with dogs in the 1997 manifesto after receiving money from an animal welfare fund Blair has said the foxhunting ban, which was finally enacted in 2004, was one of the policies he most regrets. Debate has since raged about whether the ban should be repealed, with the Conservative party previously having promised to hold a free vote on whether to do so, while Labour says it will tighten loopholes in the ban. Mandelson was speaking during a discussion on whether political donations can affect policy on the Times Radio podcast How to Win an Election. Andrew Griffith said the prime minister Rishi Sunak’s administration “isn’t a government that philosophically bans things for the sake of it”. Asked whether he could provide more details following reports that restrictions could be placed on under-16s using social media platforms, Griffith told LBC: I can’t because this is speculation. At this point, it is about a consultation that is rumoured to happen in the new year. I guess if you look forward to what else, what more the government could be doing, that would be the logic behind a consultation. It is about getting that balance. I know parents worry about these things, some bad things happen out there on social media - if we can help parents, then we will, but it is always about a balance. The Conservative minister said it was “right you don’t just charge off and do these things”, and that industry needed to be consulted about any potential new social media restrictions. “Let me just emphasise it is about a balance. This isn’t a government that philosophically bans things for the sake of it, but it is about putting parents in control and protecting our children,” he added. The Cross Griz Nez – a coordination centre for rescue operations in Pas-de-Calais, received a message that a migrant boat was in difficulty around midnight, Premar Manche said. The centre dispatched the Esvagt Charlie, a state-chartered rescue ship, which took about 30 minutes to reach the wreck site, the agency said Enver Solomon, chief executive officer of the Refugee Council, said: This is yet another terrible and avoidable tragedy. Our thoughts are with the victim, the survivors and their loved ones. These appalling deaths are becoming too common and there is an urgent need to put in place safe routes so people don’t have to take dangerous journeys across the world’s busiest shipping lane. Instead, the government is pushing ahead with its unworkable and unprincipled Rwanda plan as well as shutting down existing safe ways to get to the UK. People flee persecution and violence out of desperation, to find safety and protect their families. The government must take action now and respond in a compassionate way to prevent future tragedies and protect human life. Asked for her reaction to the confirmation that a person has died attempting to cross the Channel on Friday, Dodds told Sky News: It is obviously absolutely awful, heartbreaking news. One can barely imagine what it must have been like in the middle of the night with freezing cold water and the terror and fear for people on that vessel. And I think yet again this underlines really that the criminal people-smuggling gangs are putting individuals in absolutely appalling danger. They are profiting from this really disgracefully, and there needs to be far more done to break up those criminal people smuggling gangs. But above all, I think this morning, we would all be really thinking about that person who has died and want to pass on our sympathy to their family. Updated at 12.32 CET15 Dec 202310.42 CETOne person dies after refugee boat in Channel runs into difficultyGood morning and welcome to the UK politics live blog My name is Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news from Westminster throughout the day We start with some reaction to the news that a person has died after a boat carrying dozens of refugees ran into difficulties while attempting to cross the Channel At least 66 people were onboard the craft when it was spotted about five miles (8 km) off the coast of Grand-Fort-Philippe at about 12.30am local time on Friday Government minister Andrew Griffith said the confirmation of another death in the English Channel showed why the crossing was “not a safe route” and why prime minister Rishi Sunak was “cracking down on the terrible trade of people traffickers” It shows once again the importance of cracking down on the terrible trade of people traffickers in the Channel It is why it is really important that the government is taking action through things like the Illegal Migration Bill (sic) through the proposals around Rwanda that we debated in parliament earlier this year break the economic model of people smugglers French authorities confirmed two people had died in a similar incident off the coast of France last month Two others died after trying to cross the Channel in separate incidents in August and November 2021 while an independent inquiry was launched last month after 27 people died when after an inflatable boat capsized