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Traversée de la Manche : des « small boats » aux « mega boats » pour rejoindre le Royaume-Uni
The piece reports that smugglers are now using much larger "mega boats" carrying up to 200+ people across the Channel, possibly in response to tighter controls under the Franco-British deal, which have cut UK arrivals by about 40%. It then widens to rising Mediterranean deaths and obstruction of rescue operations.
Incendie sur un bateau qui tentait la traversée de la Manche : 173 exilés secourus
Straight news report on a large rescue of 173 migrants after their Channel boat's engine caught fire, with French and British (RNLI, Border Force) vessels cooperating. The UK appears as the destination and as a rescue partner.
Traversée de la Manche: environ 150 migrants ont rejoint le Royaume-Uni sur un même bateau, un nouveau record
Reports a record ~150 migrants on one small boat crossing the Channel to the UK, with a body found on a French beach, falling overall crossings, and London pressing France for tougher action. Factual, agency-style account.