#BREAKING France says fifth suspect arrested after Channel migrant boat tragedy
#UPDATE A fifth suspect is arrested in connection with migrant boat that sank in the English Channel, killing at least 27 people, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says
17 men, seven women, three minors died when the boat sank
#UPDATE Britain and France were on Thursday looking at new measures to limit migration across the Channel and break people-smuggling networks after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England drowned off the northern French coast
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#BREAKING UK urges 'coordinated' international response after migrant tragedy
#UPDATE Britain has demanded a "coordinated international effort" across Europe to deter people-smuggling after at least 27 migrants drowned off France as they tried to reach England
#UPDATE The bodies were barely out of the water after the most deadly day ever for migrants crossing the English Channel before accusations began to fly over who was to blame for the tragedy u.afp.com/wwsr
Satellite image and map of the Channel between Britain and France, locating the area where a boat with migrants on board sank on November 24
"We were scared because we didn't know what would happen with us"
Ali sat shivering and exhausted on a pebble beach on England's south coast but thankful for a "new life" after he and 30 other migrants were rescued in the Channel
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