The UK readied on Tuesday to start detaining migrants within days for deportation to Rwanda after the controversial plan got parliament's approval, sparking outrage from the UN and rights groups.
British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men over the deaths of five migrants including a child who died attempting to cross the Channel from France the day before. The deaths occurred when a small overcrowded boat carrying 112 people set out to cross one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world and panic took hold among the passengers not far from the shore.
Three men have been arrested in the UK after five migrants, including a child, died this week trying to cross the Channel from France, police said on Wednesday.
Nearly two years after Europe's human rights court first blocked Britain from sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, the deportation plan is back after the British Parliament passed a revised law.
The United Kingdom approved controversial legislation on Tuesday that allows the government to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, with deportation flights expected to