{"id":69689,"date":"2025-01-02T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=69689"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T10:33:37","slug":"channel-migrant-deaths-soar-six-fold-after-36816-crossed-last-year-fatalities-blamed-on-smugglers-trying-to-maximise-profits-by-packing-more-people-without-lifejackets-into-boats-and-using-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/01\/02\/channel-migrant-deaths-soar-six-fold-after-36816-crossed-last-year-fatalities-blamed-on-smugglers-trying-to-maximise-profits-by-packing-more-people-without-lifejackets-into-boats-and-using-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel migrant deaths soar six-fold after 36,816 crossed last year: Fatalities blamed on smugglers trying to maximise profits by packing more people without lifejackets into boats and using dangerous routes to avoid authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/01\/02\/09\/76010011-14243315-Some_appeared_to_hold_inflatable_rubber_rings_while_others_held_-a-5_1735809804198.jpg\" alt=\"Migrants on a packed boat leaving the French coast last year, with some seen holding rubber rings\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of migrants dying while\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8924257\/More-migrants-risk-lives-cross-Channel-just-week-tragic-family-killed.html\" target=\"_self\">crossing the Channel<\/a><\/span> has risen sixfold as callous smugglers adopt even riskier tactics in a bid to maximise profits.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14243315\/Channel-migrant-deaths-soar-six-fold-36-816-crossed-year-Fatalities-blamed-smugglers-trying-maximise-profits-packing-people-without-lifejackets-boats-using-dangerous-routes-avoid-authorities.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The number of migrants dying while\u00a0crossing the Channel has risen sixfold as callous smugglers adopt even riskier tactics in a bid to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-migration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/calais.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69690,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69689\/revisions\/69690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}