Channel migrant 999 calls downgraded days before 2021 mass drowning, docs reveal
Published on 04 November 2023
People on a small boat crossing the Channel between France and UK heading towards the port of Dover. Photo: Christian Offenberg / Alamy Stock Photo
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999 calls from as many as four small boats carrying 155 people across the Channel were graded not in need of urgent rescue
Reports Aaron Walawalkar, Liberty Investigates journalist; Harriet Clugston, Liberty investigates editor; and Mark Townsend, the Observer’s Home Affairs Editor.