Yvette Cooper says that migrants should be prosecuted on small boats where the child has died

Yvette Cooper says that migrants should be prosecuted on small boats where the child has died

home Secretary Called for prosecution of all persons coming to Britain Small boat If a child is dead.

Labor Yweet cooper The BBC Radio 4’s Today program told that it was “completely frightening” that the children were being killed on these congested boats, and the boat is still going on in the UK “.

Ms. Cooper further insisted: “Everyone who is reaching a boat, where the life of a child is lost, should be clearly, prosecution, either in Britain or in France.”

This comes when the government is already presenting a new crime of “threatening life in the sea”. Border security, shelter and immigration billCurrently making its way through Parliament.

Ms. Cooper has earlier stated that it will “allow the authorities to act against those involved in behavior that puts others at risk of serious injury or death, such as physical aggression, intimidation, or rejecting prevention efforts”.

But on Friday, she appeared to go ahead by suggesting to be on a crowded boat, resulting in prosecution.

He said: “If you have found a boat, where we have seen all those people climbing on that boat, they are putting everyone’s life at risk.”

Crossing has increased in the last one yearGot up to 20,600 by 2 July, an increase of 52% compared to the same period in 2024.

Last year, some 15 children died in an attempt to cross the channel, inspired to warn the charity project play that the situations were becoming “more dangerous” for the young people.

The Advocacy Co-ordinator Kate O’Neel, located in northern France, blamed policies with the aim of preventing crossing for increasing risk.

Family and children boarded a small boat in gravel, France on 02 July 2025 ,Getty images,

He told the PA news agency: “Finally the children we are meeting are not safe.

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“They are in touch with the level of violence, whether it is a victim or a witness.

“We eventually set fire to all the time … these policies of securization more than the underlying border are … which are creating more and more obstacles for child safety and child protection.”

He said that when the Labor government took over a year ago, there will be some improvement, saying: “It is not at all what we have seen.

“They kept making circumstances more difficult and more dangerous.”

He said: “Smash-the-Ghangs story is not effective and it is harmful because the only way to keep gangs out of business is to cut the need for them.”

Meanwhile, Ms. O’Neill said that the French police were already interfering in crossing efforts in shallow water, despite the changes in the rules that it allows not to be implemented yet.

He said: “This is not a new strategy … This is something that has been happening in Kallis and surrounding areas for a long time.

“My feeling is that it is recently growing based on the number of testimony received from children and their families.

“This is really dangerous because children are often in the middle of boats.”

On Friday, the Home Secretary welcomed the reports that French police was intervening In the French water to prevent crossing, and said that she was “working very closely with the French internal minister” to ensure that the rules were replaced “rapidly a possible”.

Ms. Cooper also refused to confirm the report Britain was looking at a “one, one out” policy This will look at those who had crossed the channel, returning to Europe in exchange for shelter seekers with Britain’s connection.

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Asked about the policy, she will only tell Sky News that the ministers were “looking at a series of various issues” and “various ways to return”.

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