Channel Deaths Stiffen Resolve to Render Illegal Immigration Route Unviable: UK Minister

Channel Deaths Stiffen Resolve to Render Illegal Immigration Route Unviable: UK Minister
A group of people on board the Dover lifeboat following a small boat incident in the English Channel are brought in to Dover, Kent, England, on Nov. 11, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA
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A UK immigration minister said on Wednesday that the drowning of 27 people in the English Channel last week had stiffened his resolve to render the illegal immigration route unviable.

A boat carrying illegal immigrants sank in the Channel on Nov. 4, killing 27 people onboard, including 17 men, seven women, and three children.