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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoFour people die in Channel small-boat sinking
Four people died after a taxi-boat sank in the Channel between France and Britain.
It is the latest of several trials in France targeting smugglers, but one of the first to target a group using so-called "taxi boats", a technique used since 2023 in which they taxi along the shore in dinghies to pick up migrants after they have already waded into the water. France and Britain have vowed to crack down on people smugglers who heap migrants on flimsy vessels to make the dangerous crossing in exchange for thousands of dollars.