The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has released new footage and a crew testimony to give a first-hand insight into what the charity’s volunteer crews often face when they rescue people crossing the English Channel. The harrowing footage – captured on the helmet cameras of the lifeboat crew from Dover RNLI – is from a […]
The Royal Navy is not expected to pursue a controversial Home Office policy of literally pushing back refugee dinghies towards France once the military is given responsibility for small boat English Channel crossings. The Ministry of Defence told Euronews it expected its immediate term efforts to try to limit the number of migrant crossings in […]
Mark Dowie, RNLI chief executive, has spoken out to again defend its humanitarian work in the English Channel. This follows the statement released by the RNLI earlier this month, in response to a terrible torrent of social media abuse and criticism of migrant rescues. “I could not be prouder of our amazing volunteer lifeboat crews, […]