Channel tragedy spotlights Britain's Rwanda migrant law
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This photo provided by the Prefecture Maritime du Nord et de la Manche shows migrants continuing their journey to Britain off the northern coast of France, April 23, 2024. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at a press conference at Downing Street in London, April 22, 2024. Sunak pledged that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks.
French authorities say a 7-year-old girl was among five migrants who drowned in the English Channel on Tuesday just hours after British lawmakers voted through legislation aimed at deterring asylum-seekers from making the crossing.
A woman reacts as members of the Kenya Defense Forces search for the bodies of missing people after flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, on May 1, 2024. Schoolchildren are stranded on a damaged River Zingiziwa bridge in Dar Esalaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 150 people as of May 4, 2024, and affected hundreds of thousands more.
Palestinian medics evacuate wounded children during an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip by ambulance to a hospital in Rafah early May 4, 2024. Grooms celebrate during a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.